ill (at ease)

ADJECTIVE

uncomfortable

Synonyms

WEAK

anxious awkward discomfited disquieted disturbed doubtful edgy faltering fidgety hesitant nervous on edge on tenterhooks restless self-conscious suspicious tense uneasy unrelaxed unsettled unsure

Antonyms

WEAK

at ease comfortable

ill at ease

ADJECTIVE

not feeling at ease

Synonyms

WEAK

anxious apprehensive awkward discomfited disquieted disturbed doubtful edgy faltering fidgety hesitant insecure nervous on edge on pins and needles on tenterhooks out of place restless self-conscious shy suspicious tense uncomfortable uneasy unrelaxed unsettled unsure

Antonyms

WEAK

at ease comfortable content

Example Sentences

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Kelly looked a little ill at ease to be out from behind the desk where she records her daily political commentary program, The Megyn Kelly Show.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Both feel socially ill at ease up against “the townspeople of Pennacook,” another refrain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

We both had high hopes for our lives in Basel but felt ill at ease once we arrived.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

A gentle, modest individual, he was ill at ease at being thrust on to the international limelight.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

Mrs. Reilly finally asked, for she found that the silence made her even more ill at ease.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

ill (at ease)

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