Disturbed vs. Uneasy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Disturbed and Uneasy
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Definitions
Disturbed
Unsettled, broken up, or altered in structure or function
Disturbed soil.
Uneasy
Lacking a sense of security; anxious or apprehensive
The farmers were uneasy until it finally rained.
Disturbed
Being or resulting from being emotionally or mentally troubled
Taught disturbed children.
Sent disturbed messages.
Uneasy
Affording no ease or reassurance
An uneasy calm.
Disturbed
Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.
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Uneasy
Awkward or unsure in manner; constrained
Uneasy with strangers.
Disturbed
Extremely alarmed; shocked.
Uneasy
Causing constraint or awkwardness
An uneasy silence.
Disturbed
Simple past tense and past participle of disturb
Uneasy
Not conducive to rest
Fell into a fitful, uneasy sleep.
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Disturbed
Having the place or position changed;
The disturbed books and papers on her desk
Disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
Uneasy
(rare) Not easy; difficult.
Disturbed
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
Uneasy
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?
Disturbed
Emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
Uneasy
Not easy in manner; constrained
He was behaving in an uneasy way.
Disturbed
Lacking order or stability;
These unsettled times
Uneasy
Causing discomfort or constraint
Disturbed
Affected with madness or insanity;
A man who had gone mad
Uneasy
Not easy; difficult.
Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood.
The road will be uneasy to find.
Uneasy
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
The soul, uneasy and confined from home,Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Uneasy
Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
Uneasy
Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
A sour, untractable nature makes him uneasy to those who approach him.
Uneasy
Lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance;
Farmers were uneasy until rain finally came
Uneasy about his health
Gave an uneasy laugh
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown
An uneasy coalition government
An uneasy calm
An uneasy silence fell on the group
Uneasy
Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety;
Spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
Cast anxious glances behind her
Those nervous moments before takeoff
An unquiet mind
Uneasy
Marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest;
Spent a restless night
Fell into an uneasy sleep
Uneasy
Not at ease socially; 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
