: mental or spiritual discomfort: such as
a
: vague dissatisfaction : misgiving
c
: lack of ease (as in social relations) : embarrassment
Examples of unease in a Sentence
A feeling of unease came over her.
They noticed increasing signs of unease among the workers.
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However, the romantic narrative is punctuated by subtle moments of unease, each barely perceptible on its own but which, taken together, build into something rather more sinister.
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Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
More than a year later, the campus remains in a state of bewildered unease.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
But the show pulls back just enough on the oppressive horror vibes of Season Two without losing a perpetual sense of unease from those scenes.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
But there also is a palpable air of unease at Passionflix, a $6.99-a-month streaming service that makes mostly less than $1 million adaptations of steamy novels, where Musk, 50, is the director of most of the content.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
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Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
More than a year later, the campus remains in a state of bewildered unease.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
But the show pulls back just enough on the oppressive horror vibes of Season Two without losing a perpetual sense of unease from those scenes.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2025
But there also is a palpable air of unease at Passionflix, a $6.99-a-month streaming service that makes mostly less than $1 million adaptations of steamy novels, where Musk, 50, is the director of most of the content.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Unease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unease. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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