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Ill at ease   /ɪl æt iz/   Listen
noun
Ease  n.  
1.
Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. (Obs.) "They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny."
2.
Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as:
(a)
Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. "Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease." "Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching."
(b)
Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind. "Among these nations shalt thou find no ease." "Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry."
(c)
Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address. "True ease in writing comes from art, not chance." "Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please."
At ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. "His soul shall dwell at ease."
Chapel of ease. See under Chapel.
Ill at ease, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.
To stand at ease (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks.
With ease, easily; without much effort.
Synonyms: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquillity; facility; easiness; readiness.


adjective
Ill  adj.  (compar. iller; superl. illest)  
1.
Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable. "Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat, but ill ways, ill markets, and ill neighbors." "There 's some ill planet reigns."
2.
Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper. "Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example."
3.
Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever. "I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill."
4.
Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant. "That 's an ill phrase."
Ill at ease, uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. "I am very ill at ease."
Ill blood, enmity; resentment; bad blood.
Ill breeding, lack of good breeding; rudeness.
Ill fame, ill or bad repute; as, a house of ill fame, a house where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse.
Ill humor, a disagreeable mood; bad temper.
Ill nature, bad disposition or temperament; sullenness; esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others.
Ill temper, anger; moroseness; crossness.
Ill turn.
(a)
An unkind act.
(b)
A slight attack of illness. (Colloq. U.S.) Ill will, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.
Synonyms: Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.





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"Ill at ease" Quotes from Famous Books



... age in which such encouragement is greatly needed. We have fallen so much into the habit of being always busy that we know not how nor when to break it off with firmness. Our business tags after us into the midst of our pleasures, and we are ill at ease beyond reach of the telegraph and the daily newspaper. We agitate ourselves amazingly about a multitude of affairs,—the politics of Europe, the state of the weather all around the globe, the marriages and festivities of very rich people, and the latest novelties in crime, none of which are ...
— Fisherman's Luck • Henry van Dyke
... about her when I left her that day. She was obstinate; she was wrong. She was interesting; she was admirable; she was deeply to be pitied. I made her promise to write to me the moment she had any news to send. And I went back to my business in London, with a mind exceedingly ill at ease. ...
— The Moonstone • Wilkie Collins
... without embarrassment, Barrington seated himself. Something of his ordinary confidence of bearing and demeanor had certainly deserted him. His manner, too, was nervous. He had the air of being altogether ill at ease. ...
— The Malefactor • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... informal affair looked quite formidably formal to Albert. The few intimate friends were many, so it seemed to him. There was still enough of the former Albert Speranza left in his make-up to prevent his appearing in the least distressed or ill at ease. He was, as he had always been when in the public eye, even as far back as the school dancing-classes with the Misses Bradshaw's young ladies, perfectly self-possessed, charmingly polite, absolutely self-assured. And his good looks had not suffered during his years ...
— The Portygee • Joseph Crosby Lincoln
... inner room, and Mrs. Blaine, feeling faint from anxiety and suspense, sank exhausted into a chair. The two girls, nervous and ill at ease, too young to grasp the full significance of the calamity that had befallen them, approached timidly. Fanny, the elder girl, stood still, alarm and consternation written plainly on her face. Her younger sister, ...
— Bought and Paid For - From the Play of George Broadhurst • Arthur Hornblow


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