ill at ease

Meaning

1. feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed

   I felt ill at ease in such formal clothes.

In the movies · 3

• I feel kind of ill at ease. Like...Barbie2023
• She didn't make me miserable, or anxious, or ill-at-ease.High Fidelity2000
• Denny pretended not to mind, but something about the zebra put me ill at ease.The Art of Racing in the Rain2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Barbie2023
  • Barbie Rewrites the Doll Story
  • Barbie's Perfect Day in Barbie Land
  • Ken Beaches Off and Gets Hurt

From the same entry

• it's an ill wind
• bad feeling
• speak ill of