uneasiness.

A feeling of discomfort, uncertainty, or apprehension that something may be wrong.

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Words that belong together

• vague uneasiness
• growing uneasiness

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A faint uneasiness remained after the meeting.

Her uneasiness had no clear cause.

He felt growing uneasiness about the plan.

Usage notes

Primary category: fear. Forms: uneasiness is normally a mass noun unless a particular instance is specified. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.