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ill at ease

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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.

[Middle English, from Old Norse llr, bad.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ill at easeill 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"
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"

ill at ease
Translations
ill at ease ill adjunbehaglich


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They have been ill at ease since they were forced to accept so many human beings into their confidence.
Equally ill at ease, they both took refuge in the commonplace phrases suggested by the occasion.
McGowan looked ill at ease and harassed--a condition opposed to his usual line of demeanour.
 
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