Ill-ease

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Noun
  1. 1
    A feeling or state of uneasiness; a lack of comfort or surety; discomfort or anxiousness. uncountable

    "Alarm brought Bradly over to glare down at Podson, bristling up his beard at him. Podson glanced at Bradly, and away from him, and rasped his shoulder-blades; manifesting these symptoms of ill-ease over a spiritual quandary."

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"Alarm brought Bradly over to glare down at Podson, bristling up his beard at him. Podson glanced at Bradly, and away from him, and rasped his shoulder-blades; manifesting these symptoms of ill-ease over a spiritual quandary."

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