uneasy

Adjective

• relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort

• socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
  • awkward and reserved at parties
    
  • ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know
    
  • was always uneasy with strangers
    

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
  • spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
    
  • cast anxious glances behind her
    
  • those nervous moments before takeoff
    
  • an unquiet mind
    

• lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
  • a restless night
    
  • she fell into an uneasy sleep
    

• lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
  • farmers were uneasy until rain finally came
    
  • uneasy about his health
    
  • gave an uneasy laugh
    
  • uneasy lies the head that wears the crown
    
  • an uneasy coalition government
    
  • an uneasy calm
    
  • an uneasy silence fell on the group
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  awkward , ill at ease(p) , anxious , nervous , queasy , unquiet , restless
• Antonyms: 
  restful , reposeful , relaxing , easy