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ill-ease

ill-ease noun: a feeling or state of uneasiness; a lack of comfort or surety; discomfort or anxiousness.

Noun

ill-ease (uncountable)

  1. A feeling or state of uneasiness; a lack of comfort or surety; discomfort or anxiousness.
    • Alarm brought Bradly over to glare down at Podson, bristling up his beard at him. Podson glanced at Bradly, and away from him, and rasped his shoulder-blades; manifesting these symptoms of ill-ease over a spiritual quandary.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 81

Questions about ill-ease

What does ill-ease mean?
Ill-ease means a feeling or state of uneasiness; a lack of comfort or surety; discomfort or anxiousness.
What part of speech is ill-ease?
Ill-ease is a noun.

Words near ill-ease in the dictionary

  1. ill-disposed
  2. ill-doer
  3. ill-doers
  4. ill-doing
  5. ill-doings
  6. ill-ease
  7. ill-effect
  8. ill-equipped
  9. ill-famed
  10. ill-fated
  11. ill-fatedly

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