“+ noun
1. : the quality or state of being uneasy:
a. : mental or spiritual discomfort : distress , perturbation
the uneasiness that our most generous … ideals have their roots in childhood guilts — Irwin Edman
b. : a feeling of worry, apprehension, or foreboding : anxiety , disquiet
reluctant to be awake … her uneasiness amounted almost to alarm — Jean Stafford
c. : restlessness , instability
the misery and uneasiness of the incompletely assimilated — Edward Shils
d. : physical discomfort : malaise , queasiness
conscious of a certain uneasiness in the organs — Arnold Bennett
e. : awkwardness
uneasiness of diction — R.W.Southern
f. : embarrassment , discomposure
conscious of her uneasiness among these sophisticated women
2. archaic : hardship , vicissitude
without these uneasinesses to mingle with these benefits, I might be too much puffed up — Samuel Richardson