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He seemed a bit ill-at-ease at first but warmed to the task as the briefing went on.
Tressan was monstrous ill-at-ease, and his face lost a good deal of its habitual plethora of colour.
Cathcart coughed and was obviously ill-at-ease, but he answered with some show of dignity.
They will remain ill-at-ease until, somewhere in the heights where Mediunah is preparing for another day, a cock crows.
He was ill-at-ease, almost incoherent at moments, and it was a long time before she could discover his business.
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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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ill at ease, such as: anxious, apprehensive, awkward, discomfited, disquieted, and disturbed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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