Uneasy
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

2 letters

NY
A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

3 letters

ILL
Presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

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WARY
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

GRIM
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

STEW
Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

ITCH
A strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?"

EDGY
Being in a tense state

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ANTSY
Nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"

LEERY
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

EERIE
Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie feeling of deja vu"

CHARY
Characterized by great caution and wariness; "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"

SHAKY
Not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"

JUMPY
Being in a tense state

WRUNG

VEXED
Causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed; "the vexed issue of priorities"; "we live in vexed and troubled times"

TENSE
A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

UPSET
An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

QUEER
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

STIFF
The dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

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AFRAID
Feeling worry or concern or insecurity; "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict"

SHAKEN
Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock; "retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the accident left her badly shaken"

FORCED
Made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"

FORMAL
A gown for evening wear

CLUMSY
Showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

CARING
A loving feeling

UNWELL
Somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"

ONEDGE

QUEASY
Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

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UNQUIET
Characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"

JITTERY
Characterized by jerky movements; "a jittery ride"

AWKWARD
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"

ANXIOUS
Eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"

NERVOUS
Easily agitated; "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"

RESTIVE
Impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"

FIDGETY
Nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"

UPTIGHT
Being in a tense state

PEEVISH
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

FRETFUL
Habitually complaining; "a whiny child"

FEARFUL
Timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"

WORRIED
Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"

ALARMED
Experiencing a sudden sense of danger

CAREFUL
Mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"

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BOTHERED
Caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections"

DISMAYED
Struck with fear, dread, or consternation

WORRYING
The act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes; "vigorous worrying finally loosened the saw"

TROUBLED
Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"

DOUBTFUL
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"

HARASSED
Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"

DOUBTING
Marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"

ALARMING
Frightening because of an awareness of danger

FEARSOME
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

UNRESTED
Not rested or refreshed;

AGITATED
Troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"

STRAINED
Struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"

STRESSED
Bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"

INSECURE
Lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person lacking mental stability"

FEARLESS
Oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them

UNSTABLE
Disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable religious convictions"

RESTLESS
Worried and uneasy

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ILLATEASE
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"

PERTURBED
Thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

DISTURBED
Having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed"

PALPITANT
Having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart"

INTURMOIL

ALLNERVES

REGRETFUL
Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

PERPLEXED
Full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

UNSETTLED
Not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"

STRESSFUL
Extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

ANGUISHED
Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation"

UNREVISED
Not improved or brought up to date; "the book is still unrevised"

EXCITABLE
Easily excited

EXHAUSTED
Drained physically; "the day's events left her completely exhausted--her strength drained"

EMOTIONAL
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"

CONCERNED
Feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child"

IRRITABLE
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

IRASCIBLE
Characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"

IMPATIENT
(usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go"

TORMENTED
Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation"

UPSETTING
Causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"

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BOTHERSOME
Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

SUSPICIOUS
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

DISQUIETED
Afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"

UNREVEALED
Not made known

UNREWARDED
Having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"

SCRUPULOUS
Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

IRRITATIVE
(used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite; "an irritative agent"

NOTCONTENT

SOLICITOUS
Showing hovering attentiveness; "solicitous about her health"; "made solicitous inquiries about our family"

PRECARIOUS
Not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"

UNRHYTHMIC
Not rhythmic; irregular in beat or accent

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UNRIGHTEOUS
Not righteous; "an unrighteous man"; "an unrighteous law"

DISTRUSTFUL
Having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson

REGRETTABLE
Deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"

OVERWROUGHT
Deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"

UNRETENTIVE
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"

TENSIONLESS
Free from tension

FRUSTRATIVE
Preventing realization or attainment of a desire

UNREWARDING
Not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction

DISCOMPOSED
Having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air"