Definitions for ill at ease

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. awkward, ill at ease(p), uneasy(adj)

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. ill at ease(Adjective)

    anxious; unsure; uneasy

  2. ill at ease(Adjective)

    uncomfortable

  3. Origin: Compare to malaise, a similar formation from French.


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