ill at ease

ill  (l)

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.

adv. worse, worst

1. In a sickly or unsound manner; not well.

2. Scarcely or with difficulty.

n.

1. Evil; sin.

2. Disaster, distress, or harm.

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

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

Idiom:

ill at ease

Anxious or unsure; uneasy: The stranger made me feel ill at ease.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse llr, bad.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ill at ease - socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers" uneasy, awkward uncomfortable - conducive to or feeling mental discomfort; "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"

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ill at ease

adjective uncomfortable, nervous, tense, strange, wired (slang) disturbed, anxious, awkward, uneasy, unsettled, faltering, unsure, restless, out of place, neurotic, self-conscious, hesitant, disquieted, edgy, on edge, twitchy (informal) on tenterhooks, fidgety, unquiet, like a fish out of water, antsy (informal) unrelaxed, on pins and needles (informal) << OPPOSITE comfortable

Translations

ill at ease ill adj → unbehaglich