ill at ease

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Uncomfortable, uneasy, as in Large parties made him feel ill at ease. [c. 1300] For an antonym, see at ease.

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They had rarely seen their own fathers carry small children unless their mothers were ill.
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Normality, domesticity, ease, in the blazing Arizona desert.
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These differences of interests will lead to disputes, ill blood, and finally to separation.
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And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.
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"It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.
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Where the outside conditions are not very favourable, practically all the British species may be grown with ease under glass.
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