unease

[ uhn-eez ]

noun

1. a state of discomfort or restlessness in the body or mind:

   Anxiety may break through and make itself felt in physical symptoms, such as jitters or unease.

   These initiatives seem to have emerged from the growing unease at the uneven pattern of economic recovery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unease¹

First recorded in 1300–50; un- ¹( def ) + ease ( def )

Example Sentences

The attacks are causing increasing social unease within host communities, with residents voicing concern over the possibility of Israel targeting displaced people living among them or others visiting, often to deliver financial assistance.

From BBC

What that said to me is how terrifying it must be to feel this perpetual sense of unease and have no idea why.

From Los Angeles Times

He is a man who thinks and cares deeply about the world and is motivated by a mounting unease.

From BBC

There is instinctive political unease here with his behaviour, his attitude to the law, convention, and the truth.

From BBC

It was a welcome break from the growing unease of watching election results come in.

From Salon

Related Words

• angst
• apprehension
• disquiet
• doubt
• dread
• foreboding
• jitters
• misgiving
• mistrust
• nervousness
• panic
• restlessness
• uncertainty
• uneasiness
• worry