What is the Latin word for uneasy?

The usual Latin words for “uneasy” are inquiētus, culcita, ānxius; also sollicitus, pavidus, trepidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“uneasy” in Latin

inquiētusrestless; unquiet culcitamattress, bedding, pillow, cushion ānxiusafeared, anxious, troubled, uneasy sollicitusthoroughly moved, agitated or disturbed; restless, unceasing; troubled, engaged, upset, disturbed, anxious, solicitous; pavidustrembling, quaking, fearful, terrified, alarmed; timid, timorous, shy trepidusnervous, jumpy, agitated; perilous, alarming; fearful, trepidatious

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

uneasy

(1) (1) Of things, qui (quae, quod) corpori resistit (of beds, cushions, etc., culcita): inquietus (restless; e.g., nnx): (2) Of persons, anxius: sollicitus (troubled: anxius, especially of the uneasiness caused by present evils; sollicitus, by future or threatening ones; Vid: Goerenz, Cic., Fin., 2, 17, 55): pavidus: trepidus or trepidans [Vid: UNEASINESS]. To be uneasy about anything, anxium esse re or de re (seldom with accusative or genitive; on account of anybody, pro aliquo): to make uneasy, angere: sollicitare or sollicitum habere (to cause uneasiness to anybody); anxium et sollicitum habere; afflictare (to make very uneasy): to make anybody very uneasy, vehementer angere; vexare; urere; cruciare; discruciare: to be uneasy, angi; animo sollicito esse: animo tremere, pavere: about anything, (animo) angi de re: about anybody, angorem capere; sollicitum esse pro aliquo: to be extremely uneasy, angore confici; aestuare; angoribus premi, agitari, urgeri; angi intimis sensibus: to feel uneasy (from apprehension) about anything, timere aliquid: to make dreadfully uneasy, miseris modis sollicitare: to make one’s self uneasy, se afflictare: about anything, de aliqua re anxie ferre aliquid.

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What is the Latin word for uneasy?: The usual Latin words for “uneasy” are inquiētus, culcita, ānxius; also sollicitus, pavidus, trepidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.