ill at ease

Definition of Ill At Ease in English :

Adjective

1. awkward, ill at ease, uneasy

socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner

Example Sentences:
'awkward and reserved at parties'
'ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know'
'was always uneasy with strangers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ill At Ease

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unable to relax; uncomfortable

adjective

unable to relax; uncomfortable

Do people seem anxious and ill at ease around you?

He looked ill at ease.

We don't want people to feel ill at ease when they visit.

She seemed ill at ease, preoccupied.

He was ill at ease with people whom he didn't understand.

She felt ill at ease with children.

Ill At Ease

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uneasy; uncomfortable

Ill At Ease

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adj. worse (wûrs), worst (wûrst)

1. Not healthy; sick: I began to feel ill last week.

2. Not normal; unsound: an ill condition of body and mind.

3. Resulting in suffering; harmful or distressing: the ill effects of a misconceived policy.

4.

a. Resulting from or suggestive of evil intentions: ill deeds committed out of spite.

b. Ascribing an objectionable quality: holds an ill view of that political group.

c. Hostile or unfriendly: ill feeling between rivals.

d. Harmful; pernicious: the ill effects of a misconceived policy.

5. Not favorable; unpropitious: ill predictions.

6. Not measuring up to recognized standards of excellence, as of behavior or conduct: ill manners.

7. Slang Excellent; outstanding: Your new car is really ill!

adv. worse, worst

1. In a bad, inadequate, or improper way. Often used in combination: My words were ill-chosen.

2. In an unfavorable way; unpropitiously: a statistic that bodes ill for job growth.

3. Scarcely or with difficulty: We can ill afford another mistake.

n.

1. Evil, wrongdoing, or harm: the ill that befell the townspeople.

2. Something that causes suffering; trouble: the social ills of urban life.

3. Something that reflects in an unfavorable way on one: Please don't speak ill of me when I'm gone.

4. (used with a pl. verb) Sick people considered as a group. Often used with the.

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