ill at ease

Idioms  

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

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Example Sentences

The lawsuits portray Yao as presiding over a museum rife with comments and actions that made women ill at ease.

From Washington Post

To his moral credit, Levy often seems as ill at ease with luxury as with the prospect of a night walk through the rainforest or getting into a helicopter.

From Los Angeles Times

Taft wrote that he “would feel ill at ease to come into the Court after having been President as the junior of my own appointees and of the man I tried to defeat.”

From Seattle Times

Back in the City fold, De Bruyne looked ill at ease as he ambled around last weekend's friendly win over Girona, even though he scored.

From BBC

The two developments injected even more nervous energy into the final days of an election season that has long put Georgia Democrats ill at ease.

From New York Times