Synonyms for ill at ease
il·l at ease

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1. ill at easeadjective

   Synonyms:
   unease, melancholy, malaise, doldrums

2. ill at easeadjective

   anxious; unsure; uneasy

   Synonyms:
   doldrums, malaise, melancholy, unease

3. ill at easeadjective

   uncomfortable

   Synonyms:
   melancholy, malaise, unease, doldrums

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1. awkward, ill at ease(p), uneasyadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   comfortable

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1. ill at ease

   Synonyms:
   uneasy, uncomfortable, anxious

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How to use ill at ease in a sentence?

1. Ovid:

   Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

2. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.

3. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

4. Karthik Athreya:

   For my part, seventeen years after my first PhD coursework, I still feel ill at ease with my grasp of many issues, and I am fairly confident that this is not just a question of limited intellect.