uneasy epitome of incomprehensibility Someone I was tutoring used this as a synonym for difficult, so I explained how it meant worried or nervous instead. And acknowledged that, yes, English is confusing. You can trace the semantic shifts, noting how it's still the opposite of easy, if you take easy as a state of ease. But as I woke up for the millionth or perhaps the third time last night, I thought, "Well, an 'uneasy sleep' is still a difficult sleep, because it's hard to get to and/or stay asleep." I'm thankful that I've stopped having panic attacks when sleeping_alone, but it's still harder to sleep well. I always seem to be a little nervous. Plus, I have itchy ankles (thanks, mosquitos) and the secondhand_stress of my students' exam today. I'm crossing my fingers that they all pass. They need it to get their full-time teaching licenses in this province and the next test isn't until November. 240731 what's it to you? who go blather from