Synonyms: uneasy
Definition: relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
Similar words: uncomfortable
Definition: providing or experiencing physical discomfort
Usage: an uncomfortable chair; an uncomfortable day in the hot sun
Synonyms: uneasy, awkward, ill at ease
Definition: socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
Usage: awkward and reserved at parties; ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know; was always uneasy with strangers
Similar words: uncomfortable
Definition: conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
Usage: this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable; the uncomfortable truth; grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye; an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest; the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable
Synonyms: uneasy
Definition: lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
Usage: 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
Similar words: apprehensive, worried
Definition: mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
Usage: apprehensive about her job; not used to a city and worried about small things; felt apprehensive about the consequences
Similar words: unstable, precarious
Definition: affording no ease or reassurance
Usage: a precarious truce
Synonyms: anxious, uneasy, queasy, unquiet, nervous
Definition: causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Usage: spent an anxious night waiting for the test results; cast anxious glances behind her; those nervous moments before takeoff; an unquiet mind
Similar words: troubled
Definition: characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
Usage: troubled areas; fell into a troubled sleep; a troubled expression; troubled teenagers