Uneasiest - English meaning

adjective

Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

There's no point getting agitated

verb

Make (someone) troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

The thought of questioning toby agitated him extremely

adjective

Nervous because of worry or fear that is difficult to control

Usage examples:

Gordon became visibly agitated when asked about the minimum wage issue., many times the private hos…

verb

Make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

adjective

Frightened or concerned that one may be in danger or that something undesirable will happen.

Usage examples:

They didn't seem too alarmed

adjective

Fitted or protected with an alarm.

Usage examples:

This door is locked and alarmed

adjective

Feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.

Usage examples:

She was extremely anxious about her exams

adjective

Wanting very much for something to happen; eager

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] i’ve been anxious to meet you., [ + to infinitive ] it was getting late, and i …

adjective

Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Usage examples:

He felt apprehensive about going home

adjective

Feeling anxiety about the future; fearing that something unpleasant will happen

Usage examples:

We’re all apprehensive about tomorrow’s meeting., they looked apprehensively around the room.

adjective

Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

Usage examples:

Some awkward questions

adjective

Appearing forced or overly controlled.

Usage examples:

He was acting in a constrained manner

verb

Compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action.

Usage examples:

Children are constrained to work in the way the book dictates

verb

Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.

Usage examples:

He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone

verb

Past simple and past participle of discomfit

adjective

Disturbed or agitated.

Usage examples:

She looked a little discomposed as she spoke

verb

Disturb or agitate (someone).

Usage examples:

Nothing could discompose her

adjective

Having had the normal pattern or functioning disrupted.

Usage examples:

Disturbed sleep

verb

Interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of.

Usage examples:

Take the rollers out carefully so as not to disturb the curls too much

adjective

So mentally confused or ill that special treatment is necessary

Usage examples:

He wrote a book on the treatment of emotionally disturbed children.

adjective

Tense, nervous, or irritable.

Usage examples:

He became edgy and defensive

adjective

Nervous or easily upset

Usage examples:

He paced the hallway looking edgy and impatient.

adjective

Feeling or showing fear or anxiety.

Usage examples:

They are fearful of the threat of nuclear war

adjective

Showing or causing fear; frightened or worried about something

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A fearful expression/reaction, fearful dangers, he was fearful of driving on the icy streets.

adjective

Inclined to fidget; restless or uneasy.

Usage examples:

I get nervous and fidgety at the dentist

adjective

Making continuous, small movements that annoy other people

Usage examples:

A fidgety child/audience, she seemed restless and fidgety.

adjective

Obtained or imposed by coercion or physical power.

Usage examples:

There was no sign of a forced entry

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

adjective

Involving physical, often violent, strength or power

Usage examples:

There were no obvious signs of forced entry into the house., the plane made a forced landing in den…

adjective

(of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable).

Usage examples:

Marketing any new product is fraught with danger

adjective

Full of (unpleasant things such as problems or dangers)

Usage examples:

Writing about science at a popular level is a task fraught with difficulty.

adjective

Not firm or fixed; liable to give way or break.

Usage examples:

An insecure footbridge

adjective

(of people) lacking confidence and doubting their own abilities

Usage examples:

Eleanor was shy and insecure as a child., the stairs seemed kind of rickety and insecure.

adjective

Easily agitated or alarmed.

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A sensitive, nervous person

adjective

In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety.

Usage examples:

She was too overwrought to listen to reason

adjective

Feeling anxiety or concern; unsettled.

Usage examples:

She didn't seem perturbed about the noises around her

verb

Make (someone) anxious or unsettled.

Usage examples:

They were perturbed by her capricious behaviour

adjective

Worried or troubled

Usage examples:

Ms. mccurdy was too perturbed to pay attention.

adjective

Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

Usage examples:

A precarious ladder

adjective

In danger because not firmly fixed; likely to fall or suffer harm

Usage examples:

I climbed onto a precarious platform to get a better view., the vase was precariously perched on a …

adjective

Unable to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom.

Usage examples:

The audience grew restless and inattentive

adjective

Moving because you are unable to relax, esp. because you are worried or bored, or (of an activity) having a lot of movement as a characteristic

Usage examples:

He dozed off to a restless sleep., the audience began to get restless., the opposition parties prov…

adjective

Showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness.

Usage examples:

Jean's pale, strained face

verb

Force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort.

Usage examples:

I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound

adjective

Nervous, worried, or having problems

Usage examples:

She had a strained expression on her face., a strained knee

adjective

(especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid.

Usage examples:

She tried to relax her tense muscles

verb

Become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness.

Usage examples:

Her body tensed up

noun

A set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance or completeness) of the action in relation to the time of the utterance.

Usage examples:

The future tense

adjective

Beset by problems or difficulties.

Usage examples:

His troubled private life

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

adjective

Having problems or difficulties

Usage examples:

Peace has finally come to this troubled region after many years., the children were not troubled wh…

adjective

Likely to give way; not stable.

Usage examples:

The unstable cliff tops

adjective

Not firm and therefore not strong, safe, or likely to last

Usage examples:

It is a poor and politically unstable country., he’s emotionally unstable – you never know how he’l…

adjective

Anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

Michelle knew that her friends were very worried about her

verb

Feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He worried about his soldier sons in the war

adjective

Anxious because you're thinking about problems or other unpleasant things that are happening or may happen

Usage examples:

We were very worried when he did not answer his phone., she had a worried look on her face.