ill at ease

[ill at ease] {adj. phr.}

Not feeling at ease or comfortable; anxious; worried; unhappy.

* /Donald had never been to a big party before and he was ill at ease./

* /When Joe first went to dancing school, he was ill at ease, not knowing how to act./

Contrast: AT EASE(2).

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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