ill at ease

Idioms and Phrases

Uncomfortable, uneasy, as in Large parties made him feel ill at ease . [c. 1300] For an antonym, see at ease .

Example Sentences

He seemed a bit ill-at-ease at first but warmed to the task as the briefing went on.

From The Daily Beast

Tressan was monstrous ill-at-ease, and his face lost a good deal of its habitual plethora of colour.

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Cathcart coughed and was obviously ill-at-ease, but he answered with some show of dignity.

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They will remain ill-at-ease until, somewhere in the heights where Mediunah is preparing for another day, a cock crows.

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He was ill-at-ease, almost incoherent at moments, and it was a long time before she could discover his business.

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He was spending his declining years in the arduous but surprisingly successful task of being wretched, irritable and ill-at-ease.

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