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unˈeasiness
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†1. The quality of being troublesome. Obs.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 331 He commaundede to put out Lanfranc out of Normandye for his unesynes [L. pro sua importunitate]. 1712in J. J. Vernon Par. & Kirk Hawick (1900) 100 The s[ai]d day compeared Bessie Pasley..for her uneasiness among her nighbours.
†2. Difficulty; difficult nature or character.
1594R. Ashley tr. Loys le Roy 73 b, The vneasinesse of the places where he made his Conquests. 1645Ussher Body Div. 271 Frowardnesse, and uneasinesse to be intreated. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 38 Very apt to gather Filth, and of no less uneasiness when fouled to be thoroughly cleansed again.
†b. Unwillingness, reluctance. Obs.
a1715Burnet Own Time ii. viii. (1897) I. 374 The king..charged him to tell him the truth. The other did it, though not without some uneasiness. 1737Whiston Josephus, Hist. iv. iii. §3 The Roman garrisons,..partly out of their uneasiness to take such trouble,..did little or nothing.
†c. Unpleasantness; ill feeling. Obs.
a1734North Lives (1826) III. 366, I mentioned before some uneasinesses between the doctor and his seniors about elections. 1771Ledwich Antiq. Sarisb. 42 The Prelate stiffly refused, and thereby created much uneasiness between Henry and Pope Paschal.
3. Discomfort, trouble, or anxiety, as affecting one's circumstances or welfare. Also (with pl.), an instance of this.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, ii. ii. 27 There's not I thinke a subiect That sits in heart-greefe and vneasinesse Vnder the sweet shade of your gouernment. 1658Whole Duty Man vii. §9 An abundant amends for all the uneasiness and hardship thou canst suffer in the way. 1681J. Scott Chr. Life i. i. 8 Short intermissions of the pains and uneasinesses of a wretched Life. 1740Richardson Pamela I. 13 But, may-be, without these Uneasinesses to mingle with these Benefits, I might be too much puffed up. 1805A. Knox Rem. (1834) I. 29 When we wish to rise above worldly uneasiness.
b. Physical discomfort (falling short of actual or definite pain).
1665Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. xiv. 235 Having sadly Experienc'd the uneasiness of Sickness. 1709Phil. Trans. XXVI. 491 The Cause of this Peeping in the Shell, I take to be from some Uneasiness the young Bird may find there. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) II. 55 The infant's cries are sufficient indications of the uneasinesses it must at every interval endure. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 446 With nearly all persons who have breathed this gas, not the least uneasiness or languor subsequently remains. 1862A. Meadows Man. Midwifery 220 Pain in the seat of injury, followed by a general sense of uneasiness and distension.
c. Mental discomfort; anxiety, apprehension.
1682Norris Hierocles 60 There is a necessity therefore of Impatience and Uneasiness, and that our misery be augmented from the ignorance of our selves. 1709Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to Miss A. Wortley 8 Aug., Till then I shall be in terrible uneasiness. 1756Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 291, I have lately been under some uneasiness at your silence. 1844Kinglake Eothen xviii, My coming from an infected city did not cause him the least uneasiness. 1885‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay iv, The next day brought Glynn a few lines..which struck him as expressing more uneasiness than was intended. |