Ill At Ease

Definition: Ill At Ease

Ill At Ease

Adjective

1. Not at ease socially; 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".

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Synonyms: Ill At Ease

Dejection

Melancholy as a gib cat; oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy; downcast, downhearted; down in the mouth, down in one;s luck; heavy-hearted; in the dumps, down in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums; in doleful dumps, in bad humor; sullen; mumpish, dumpish, mopish, moping; moody, glum; sulky; (discontented); out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits; ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low; weary; discouraged, disheartened; desponding; chapfallen, chopfallen, jaw fallen, crest fallen.

Pain

Uncomfortable, uneasy; ill at ease; in a taking, in a way; disturbed; discontented; out of humor; a; weary.

Crosswords: Ill At Ease

Books

• Putting the Ill at Ease (reference)

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Music

• Ill at Ease [IMPORT] (reference)

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Every thief who exceeded the human average in smallness or in bigness, was ill at ease in the costumes of the Changer.

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Expressions using "ill at ease": be ill at ease ♦ feel ill at ease. Additional references.

Albanian

i turpshëm (bashful, censurable, coy, disgraceful, dishonorable, dishonourable, foul, humiliating, ignominious, indecent, infamous, inglorious, lewd, obscene, opprobrious, reserved, scandalous, self conscious, shamefaced, shameful, sheepish, shy, timid, unhallowed, vile, villainous). (various references)

Arabic 

‏محتار (at one's wits end, up a gum tree), ‏مضطرب (confused, deranged, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disturbed, jumbled, mixed up, muddled, restive, restless, rough, troubled, tumultuous, uneasy, unquiet, unsettled, upset), ‏قلق (agitated, anxiety, anxious, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehensiveness, bother, concern, concerned, crankous, cranky, discomfort, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fearful, fidget, fidgety, freakish, fretful, inquietude, nervous, perturbation, perturbed, restless, restlessness, solicitous, solicitude, stew, streaked, suspense, sweat, toss, troubled, troublous, uneasiness, uneasy, unquiet, unrest, upset, worried, worry), ‏غير مريح (disadvantageous, inconvenient, uncomfortable, unprofitable). (various references)

Bulgarian 

неудобно (uncomfortably). (various references)

Chinese 

不好意思 (be ill at ease, feel embarrassed, find it embarrassing). (various references)

Czech

nesvùj (abashed, ablush). (various references)

Finnish

vaivatunut (self-conscious), hämillinen (self-conscious, shy), hämi (self-conscious, shy). (various references)

French

mal � l'aise, gêné. (various references)

German

unbehaglich (discomforting, uncomfortable, uncomfortably, uneasily, uneasy). (various references)

Hebrew 

� בוך (bemused, bewildered, confused, embarrassed, foxed, hot under the collar, in a stew, perplexed, perturbed, self conscious, sheepish). (various references)

Hungarian

zavarban van (be embarrassed, be puzzled, to be abashed, to be all abroad, to be all at sea, to be at sea, to be ill at ease, to be in a mist, to feel ill at ease, to puzzle), feszeng (to be ill at ease, to squirm). (various references)

Indonesian

keki (annoyed, irritated, resentful). (various references)

Italian

maldestro (all thumbs, awkward, clumsy, gauche, ham-fisted, heavy-handed, inexperienced, inexpert, maladroit, unhandy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

肩が凝る (stiff shoulders), 居心地が悪い (not feel at home, uncomfortable). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かたが�"る (stiff shoulders), い�"�"ちがわるい (not feel at home, uncomfortable). (various references)

Pig Latin

illay atay easeay

Romanian

stingherit (embarrassed, uncomfortable, uneasy), stânjenit (cornered, embarrassed, uncomfortable, uneasy), care se simte prost. (various references)

Russian 

не по себе. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nelagodno (uncomfortably), nelagodan (pained, uncomfortable, uneasy). (various references)

Spanish

intranquilo (choppy, restive, restless, uneasy, unsettled, worried), inquieto (agitated, anxious, apprehensive, disquiet, edgy, fidgety, fretful, nervous, restless, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, unsettled, worried), incómodo (awkward, comfortless, cumbersome, incommodious, inconvenient, uncomfortable), molesto (aggravating, annoying, bothering, bothersome, importunate, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, objectionable, obnoxious, obtrusive, plaguy, provoking, pushing, pushy, troublesome, trying, unwelcome, vexatious, vexed). (various references)

Swedish

olustig (uncomfortable, uneasy). (various references)

Thai

กังวล, ซึ่งกระสับกระส่าย. (various references)

Turkish

içi rahat olmayan, huzursuz (anxious, on pins and needles, out of sorts, peaceless, restive, restless, sleepless, tremulous, uneasy, unrestful, unsettled, worrisome), endişeli (anxious, apprehensive, concerned, distressed, doubting, fearful, obsessed, on edge, on the downbeat, overcast, perturbed, preoccupied, solicitous, suspenseful, uneasy, weighty, windy, worried). (various references)

Ukrainian

ніяково, неловкий (awkward, cubbish), занепокоений (worried), збентежений (abashed, bewildered, confused, disconcerted, distraught, puddled). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: lealties.

-2 letters: tailles, tallies, tellies.

-3 letters: alates, allees, allies, elates, elites, illest, listee, listel, sallet, saltie, stelae, stelai, stella, taille, tallis, teasel, telial.

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+1 letter: alleviates.

+2 letters: alliterates, lateralizes.

+3 letters: alkalimeters, appellatives, planetesimal, tagliatelles.

+4 letters: aesthetically, alkalimetries, allelopathies, antisatellite, establishable, planetesimals.

+5 letters: alienabilities, alterabilities, anesthetically, cleanabilities, collateralizes, ecclesiastical, leachabilities, malleabilities, palatialnesses.