adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fitful/restless/uneasy sleep (= in which you keep moving or waking )
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My alarm woke me from a fitful sleep.
an uneasy compromise (= one that people are not very happy with )
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The deal represented an uneasy compromise.
an uneasy peace (= when people have agreed to stop fighting, but the situation is not really calm )
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An uneasy peace prevails in the region.
distinctly uncomfortable/uneasy/unhappy etc
uneasy truce
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There was an uneasy truce between Alex and Dave over dinner.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
distinctly
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A multi-racial couple in the crowd look distinctly uneasy .
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For the past half-hour she had been feeling distinctly uneasy as the ever-present shadows had deepened into almost impenetrable blackness.
more
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She thought she was glad when they left, but in fact she was more uneasy than ever.
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But as the time goes on, I begin to feel more uneasy myself.
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That thought made Meredith even more uneasy .
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When they arrived to find truckloads of people encamped at the derelict village, Antheil became even more uneasy .
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The silence between them becomes ever more uneasy .
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I feel even more uneasy to find the alien proceedings wearing such an everyday look.
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It made Charity even more uneasy about Mandy unabashedly training the binoculars on him.
very
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Nobody will blame me if I say that in the circumstances I became very uneasy .
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I told her, for my own part, that I would feel very uneasy making that kind of statement.
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He felt very uneasy about entering this dark building with an ill-tempered stranger.
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I am very uneasy every Sunday, which is cloudy and deathly still and filled with silent accusing whispers. 5.
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The relation between archbishop and prime minister became at times very uneasy .
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We had had a very uneasy conversation in the cafeteria after class one day.
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I started to feel very uneasy .
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Even as he spoke to me I felt very uneasy .
■ NOUN
alliance
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Rothermere, a much bigger newspaper owner, supported Beaverbrook in uneasy alliance .
compromise
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Five years on, they have reached an uneasy compromise of separate stages, each with its own cast of characters.
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Gordon explained that I would be permitted to remain under a set of conditions that obviously represented an uneasy compromise .
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The result was the uneasy compromise between deterrent and retributive aims that characterised neoclassicism.
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The result was an uneasy compromise , in which for some meetings there would be a chairperson, in others not.
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Typical of the uneasy compromises that resulted was the Ten Articles of Faith laid down by convocation in 1536.
feeling
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But Breeze still had an uneasy feeling that it was something more.
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And she had the uneasy feeling that the stormy feelings between them weren't going to blow themselves out, either.
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We have an uneasy feeling about where it's going.
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Equally, I suspect a good few were left with an uneasy feeling in the pit of their stomachs.
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He had an uneasy feeling that it was going to cause trouble.
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All these uneasy feelings that were at the back of her mind from time to time.
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I have the uneasy feeling he heard voices all day long, talking all kinds of blah to him.
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I had the uneasy feeling it would not be so simple.
peace
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So complete was this victory that it ensured a kind of uneasy peace for nearly three years.
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There was a strange, uneasy peace in the city.
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After the devastation an uneasy peace settled over the Empire.
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With an uneasy peace prevailing along the border the international community launched a series of missions to defuse the crisis.
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But now the ship was almost ready and though the uneasy peace remained intact, soon it would be broken.
relationship
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Gilligan's work also emphasizes psychology's uneasy relationship with male-identified science.
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Whatever is happening, the uneasy relationship between Alan and Pete Swan, the two lawyers, has not improved.
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Socialists have an uneasy relationship with management.
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One of these is its uneasy relationship with biology.
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New printers had to be found, which ended It's uneasy relationship with hot metal.
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On the other hand there are administrative and financial costs to employers and potentially uneasy relationships with employees.
silence
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The uneasy silence of the small hours fell over the hospital.
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There was a moment of uneasy silence before Ray McGovern raised his hand.
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An uneasy silence reigned for a moment, and then finally Mr Lewis rose to his feet.
truce
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For the next seventy years an uneasy truce prevailed, until hostilities were resumed in 1644.
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After a while, an uneasy truce was reached.
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But it may also be an uneasy truce , which can only be sustained as long as certain questions are not asked.
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One inhabits it like an occupying army and makes, at best, an uneasy truce with it.
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It can, as in snails, lead to victory or to defeat; or to an uneasy truce .
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It was as if an uneasy truce had been called.
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But after a hurriedly arranged meeting, involving the national gipsy council, an uneasy truce was reached.
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It was an uneasy truce , however, with clear signs of tension persisting.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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75 percent of consumers said they were uneasy about using their credit cards over the Internet.
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After a while she started to feel uneasy , and then scared.
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After the speech there was an uneasy silence and nobody clapped.
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an uneasy relationship
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An uneasy truce has been declared in the bloody two-year conflict.
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I was distinctly uneasy in his company, but I couldn't explain why.
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It was the same uneasy feeling he'd experienced that morning when he saw the police car outside.
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Rebecca was already beginning to feel uneasy about accepting the stranger's offer of a ride.
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Roger was a bit uneasy about the plan, but he agreed.
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She had the uneasy feeling that he wasn't going to come back.
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Since the two sides declared a ceasefire, there has been an uneasy calm throughout the region.
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There's something I don't trust about him. He makes me feel very uneasy .
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When I answered the telephone, no one was there, which made me uneasy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And why even today are most scientists still profoundly uneasy about any such notion?
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By then he was unofficially resident and working abroad, and in uneasy relations with the Soviet authorities.
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His unpredictable outbursts made family members feel uneasy .
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It was clear to Susan that Kendall made them uneasy .
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Partly because of these restrictions on action and scope, the relationship between Assembly and Committee has often been uneasy and strained.
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She seemed uneasy , greeting him with a faltering voice.
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The thought sent an uneasy shiver down her spine.