Synonyms of ill at ease

ill at ease

adjective

as in worried

feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty

I'm usually ill at ease when addressing a large crowd of people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worried
• upset
• anxious
• nervous
• troubled
• uneasy
• on edge
• apprehensive
• on tenterhooks
• on pins and needles
• concerned
• het up
• perturbed
• bothered
• uptight
• disturbed
• insecure
• tense
• flustered
• jumpy
• jittery
• hesitant
• queasy
• goosey
• hung up
• edgy
• queazy
• obsessed
• keyed up
• dithery
• freaked
• unquiet
• antsy
• distraught
• preoccupied
• nervy
• restless
• aggrieved
• distressed
• hinky
• shook-up
• aflutter
• disquieted
• atwitter
• vexed
• foreboding
• fretful
• qualmish
• fretting
• freaked-out
• hypertense
• misgiving
• qualmy
• unstrung
• undone
• unnerved
• fidgety
• stewing
• spooky
• fluttery
• high-strung
• flighty
• skittish
• twittered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• easy
• collected
• cool
• calm
• relaxed
• sure
• nerveless
• confident
• controlled
• happy-go-lucky
• self-assured
• self-confident
• self-controlled

Examples of ill at ease in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Former President Donald Trump stood in the lobby of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan Friday morning looking somehow ill at ease in his own building. —Ron Elving, NPR, 2 June 2024

Still, Griffith often felt ill at ease with her position within the music industry. —Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023

Cinderella also becomes more ill at ease in the already-bad bosom of her lousy step-family (Jennifer Simard, Tess Soltau, Amy Hillner Larson) and falls into the arms — and independent mind — of rogue Original Fairy Godmother (Brooke Dillman). —A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 22 June 2023

Everyone’s talking about it, or feeling ill at ease for knowing nothing about it. —Bill Conerly, Forbes, 5 May 2023