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Ill at ease
Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
Adjective
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Ill at ease
strange
ill at ease
uneasy
edgy
apprehensive
uncomfortable
awkward
self-conscious
bothered
anxious
disorientated
hesitant
out of place
tense
embarrassed
nervous
uptight
agitated
bewildered
discomfited
discomposed
disoriented
disquieted
fidgety
fretful
jittery
jumpy
nervy
restless
tormented
vexed
distressed
disturbed
high-strung
insecure
in turmoil
lost
on edge
on tenterhooks
perplexed
perturbed
shaken
shy
strained
troubled
unrelaxed
unsettled
unsure
worried
upset
twitchy
antsy
stressy
fearful
overwrought
dithery
queazy
wired
aflutter
queasy
afraid
atwitter
hinky
goosey
shaky
hung up
het up
keyed up
alarmed
dismayed
impatient
rattled
discombobulated
fazed
irritable
suspicious
anguished
harassed
fraught
wrung
on the qui vive
all nerves
angry
annoyed
galled
chafed
like one doesn't belong
out of one's element
timid
bashful
retiring
sheepish
diffident
modest
timorous
shrinking
stiff
shamefaced
inhibited
uncertain
unnatural
stilted
gauche
blushing
artificial
mannered
affected
ill-at-ease
out of countenance
unsure of yourself
aw-shucks
concerned
fretting
careful
stressed
flurried
unquiet
shaking
toey
solicitous
spooked
shivery
unglued
squirrelly
watchful
scared
overstrung
angstful
hyper
spooky
frightened
windy
angsty
taut
worked up
all of a dither
worried sick
in a state
aghast
strung out
with one's stomach in knots
in a tizzy
in a tizz
like a cat on a hot tin roof
in a flap
in a state of agitation
a bundle of nerves
strung up
having butterflies in the stomach
sweating bullets
in a state of nerves
having kittens
shook up
like a cat on hot bricks
bugged
in a stew
in a twit
in a flat spin
in a twitter
all of a lather
a basket case
a wreck
shot to pieces
hot and bothered
with your heart in your mouth
in a spin
in a sweat
on pins and needles
dreading
in suspense
under stress
unnerved
flustered
hysterical
restive
distraught
neurotic
excited
terrified
disconcerted
panicky
highly strung
ruffled
skittish
excitable
shocked
wrought up
startled
hassled
horrified
wound up
in a cold sweat
in a panic
trembling
adrenalized
plagued
frantic
overanxious
all of a doodah
confused
tortured
unstable
beset
harried
sensitive
under pressure
irked
petrified
horror-struck
unconfident
beleaguered
bricking oneself
brittle
in a dither
stressed out
terrorized
US
bundle of nerves
beside oneself
aggravated
frozen
pained
mousy
terror-stricken
harrowed
scared stiff
sad
terrorised
UK
doubtful
unhappy
distracted
febrile
affrighted
trepidatious
inconvenienced
afflicted
daunted
intimidated
stunned
scared to death
careworn
thrown
overexcited
miserable
irritated
choked
discountenanced
oppressed
pressured
scary
unrestful
hysteric
nervous wreck
panic-stricken
provoked
haunted
miffed
desperate
burdened
overwhelmed
overburdened
quaking
scared witless
chagrined
mortified
sorrowful
terror-struck
irrational
horror-stricken
self-doubting
cut up
frenzied
hurt
frazzled
angst-ridden
unassertive
preoccupied
distrustful
despondent
grieved
emotional
disconsolate
cautious
running scared
meek
saddened
unsteady
manic
heartbroken
wretched
unassured
dolorous
muddled
obsessed
gutted
fearsome
cowed
desolate
flighty
bedevilled
UK
mistrustful
tremulous
devastated
despairing
hounded
appalled
up the wall
passive
bummed out
put out
sorrowing
blue
wounded
grief-stricken
waiting for the axe to fall
frightened to death
broken-hearted
all torn up
in a funk
brokenhearted
waiting with bated breath
bedeviled
US
shaking in one's shoes
in a blue funk
not confident
lacking confidence
pestered
lacking self-confidence
hectic
aroused
fluttery
not self-assured
fevered
exacerbated
displeased
nail-biting
feeling anxious
irresolute
exercised
overactive
heated
wrought-up
troublous
turbulent
drawn
quivering
pinched
peeved
doleful
wavering
unpeaceful
fractious
mournful
wary
riled
depressed
traumatized
US
grieving
introverted
sceptical
UK
guarded
possessed
rueful
pessimistic
mousey
dejected
shook
woeful
melancholy
worrying
withdrawn
fainthearted
feverish
agonized
US
inconsolable
agog
hard-pressed
clutched
gripped
bitter
worried stiff
exasperated
touchy
disappointed
skeptical
US
doubting
white-knuckled
traumatised
UK
dolesome
wailing
questioning
consumed
frightened out of your wits
weeping
scared out of your wits
persecuted
angered
demoralized
US
gun-shy
all of a flutter
cynical
active
fidgeting
bewailing
cowardly
stressed-out
bemoaning
controlled
dominated
feart
aching
weighed down
demoralised
UK
shaking like a leaf
tossing and turning
mad
cursed
overcome
seized
pusillanimous
under a strain
suffering
submissive
stupefied
afeared
frit
rabbity
weary
broken up
agonised
UK
chicken
numb
dogged
overpowered
surrounded
yellow
dazed
dumbfounded
weak
under the cosh
lily-livered
insane
held
devoured
paranoid
bewitched
in pain
long-suffering
faint-hearted
lacking in confidence
lacking assurance
up against it
racked with suffering
racked with pain
violent
fiendish
in the grip of
pushing the panic button
taken over
having cold feet
at the end of your tether
under a spell
have cold feet
in a pother
skittery
in a tiz-woz
twittering
faltering
flushed
intense
aquiver
unreluctant
indecisive
tentative
easily frightened
easily agitated
nerve-racking
stressful
moved
hot under the collar
hyped-up
afire
atingle
hyperexcited
Delphic
unpoised
creepy
frisky
dithering
vacillating
disorderly
volatile
tensed
nerves on edge
haggard
unbalanced
overemotional
caught up
swithering
all wound up
strict
conventional
hag-ridden
zipped up
hot
juiced up
reserved
oversensitive
champing at the bit
narked
histrionic
stir-crazy
erratic
sorry
itchy
spasmodic
fitful
overstretched
distrait
scunnered
lamentable
plangent
discomforted
easily upset
dubious
mistrusting
chary
abashed
pressurized
US
pressurised
UK
funeral
asea
old-fashioned
on the defensive
grim
cowering
deploring
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
biting one's nails
falling apart
approval-seeking
lugubrious
foreboding
chicken-hearted
sissy
butterflies
jellyfish
plaintive
apprehensive about
intimidated by
circumspect
untrusting
offended
fretted
put upon
alarmed at
in a fluster
regretful
tied up in knots
in pieces
phobic
low
avid
unenthusiastic
downbeat
funky
lacking social skills
tongue-tied
basket case
teed off
in awe
verklempt
unzipped
at wit's end
spineless
painful
in a frenzy
in a lather
shell-shocked
in fear and trepidation
very scared
numb with fear
hopeless
in disorder
amazed
having stage fright
biting nails
having a funny feeling
panicked
leery
quivery
paralysed with fear
UK
come apart
psyched out
on the rack
all agog
open-mouthed
white knuckled
at sixes and sevens
hyperactive
with bated breath
suicidal
tooshie
swivel-eyed
on guard
forlorn
downcast
freaked-out
wound-up
crazy
high
keyed-up
fired-up
hot-and-bothered
stirred
strung-out
worn
worked-up
unstrung
tired
spent
wakeful
morose
heavyhearted
broken
cheerless
throwing a wobbly
beside yourself
frozen with fear
insomniac
paralyzed with fear
US
gloomy
dismal
down
bereaved
wrecked
heartsick
hurting
steamed up
flipped out
out of your mind
resigned
discouraged
disheartened
mourning
crushed
hot under collar
all shook up
in despair
defeatist
awake
unsleeping
no-win
melancholic
strabilious
bleak
sunk
insomnolent
grumpy
cross
suspecting
alert
petulant
testy
irascible
can't win
shot down
struggling
peevish
vigilant
not a prayer
at end of one's rope
down in the dumps
in the pits
in the soup
in the dumps
trustless
unforthcoming
woebegone
cranky
crabby
ratty
snappish
without sleep
wide awake
wide-awake
attentive
sleepless
crotchety
huffy
quizzical
possessive
self-effacing
tetchy
heavy with grief
overcome with sorrow
querulous
splenetic
crabbed
perverse
captious
unbelieving
wondering
complaining
ornery
mean
jealous
in difficulties
grumbling
whining
critical
in a tight corner
in a tight spot
carping
caviling
US
contrary
with your back to the wall
having reservations
in doubt
faultfinding
wreck
cavilling
UK
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
short-tempered
ill-natured
out of sorts
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Adjective
▲
Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
incongruous
inappropriate
unsuitable
improper
inapposite
inapt
unbecoming
unseemly
infelicitous
indecorous
unfit
wrong
incorrect
malapropos
inept
untoward
unapt
amiss
perverse
graceless
unhappy
unsuited
incompatible
discordant
inconsistent
conflicting
irregular
extraneous
unrelated
contradictory
unconnected
clashing
dissonant
irreconcilable
odd
contrary
jarring
disconsonant
divergent
inapropos
uncoordinated
incoherent
incongruent
alien
distorted
lopsided
unbalanced
incongruitous
out of place
out of keeping
at odds
off-key
in opposition
not in harmony
standing out a mile
sticking out a mile
unfitting
unbefitting
unacceptable
ill-advised
untimely
ill-suited
inopportune
undue
ill-timed
inexpedient
inapplicable
unseasonable
awkward
discrepant
tasteless
inharmonious
unwarranted
inadvisable
tactless
misplaced
indelicate
injudicious
irrelevant
undesirable
ill-considered
ill-judged
lacking in propriety
inadmissible
inadequate
inconsonant
unladylike
ungentlemanly
indecent
unfortunate
imprudent
ineligible
uncalled-for
disparate
bad form
in bad taste
unprofessional
out of order
out of the way
unmatched
misguided
undignified
regrettable
erroneous
disproportionate
preposterous
clumsy
inaccurate
abnormal
indiscreet
ludicrous
impolite
gauche
immaterial
malodorous
discreditable
unworthy
out-of-place
out-of-season
in poor taste
different
off-base
ill-fitted
irrelative
impertinent
beyond the pale
ill-chosen
differing
grating
harsh
disagreeable
unmixable
unflattering
coarse
immodest
disreputable
rude
foreign
impolitic
uncouth
maladroit
unmannerly
vulgar
at variance
not proper
rough
ungodly
ill-adapted
unhelpful
insensitive
out of character
unfitted
out of line
uncomely
detrimental
unworthy of
not pertinent
not germane
unsuitable for
inappropriate to
wry
misdirected
ill-fitting
disagreeing
absurd
mismatched
anomalous
uncalled for
untactful
meaningless
pointless
ridiculous
unconventional
incautious
improprietous
diverse
dissimilar
varying
out-of-the-way
offensive
uneven
stupid
slow
incompetent
dull
dissentient
funny
off-balance
inexpert
illogical
irrational
unreasonable
immoral
unvirtuous
loose
wanton
ill-bred
shameless
not done
unhandsome
unfair
tacky
unlovely
salacious
inexperienced
unhandy
unfacile
flat
jejune
inadept
unmeet
undexterous
unproficient
insipid
banal
unorthodox
unserviceable
erring
aberrant
obstructive
boorish
churlish
ill-mannered
discourteous
wrong-headed
uncivil
shocking
illegitimate
unharmonious
impractical
off
unrefined
contrasting
sour note
false
grotesque
unaesthetic
senseless
nothing to do with it
neither here nor there
beside the point
off base
unbecoming to
unfitting to
improper to
out of place with
out of character with
interfering
inconvenient
not suitable
loud
left-field
extrinsic
uncharacteristic
outside
not good enough
foot-in-mouth
way off
poor
crass
tawdry
ruffian
shameful
raffish
inelegant
crude
cheap
rowdy
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
heterogeneous
inefficient
uncool
useless
ineffective
not designed
disadvantageous
bothersome
unassimilable
not up to scratch
ineligible for
unequipped for
not equal to
unprepared for
not good enough for
unsuited to
inadequate for
ill-suited to
unfitted for
not designed for
ill-adapted to
no good
incommodious
inauspicious
remote from
different from
disconnected from
distant from
discommoding
unpropitious
objectionable
adverse
mistimed
discommodious
troublesome
uncomplimentary
difficult
unprofitable
scandalous
low
outrageous
disgraceful
gross
lowbrow
lowbred
distasteful
uncultivated
unpolished
unpromising
common
uncultured
opposed
unjustifiable
indefensible
rugged
roughneck
incult
unlucky
illiberal
inexcusable
negative
threatening
destructive
loutish
rough-hewn
not on
bad
damaging
unsophisticated
insensible
unjustified
intolerable
dishonourable
UK
yobbish
ominous
unjust
unnecessary
mortifying
calamitous
demeaning
humiliating
shaming
deplorable
degrading
ignominious
unwarrantable
uncivilized
US
unsatisfactory
barbaric
dishonorable
US
disrespectful
philistine
plebeian
ungallant
bad-mannered
ill
barbarous
unadvantageous
cloddish
raunchy
uncivilised
UK
insupportable
debasing
cheapening
suggestive
unceremonious
belittling
lowering
unwelcome
unwholesome
exceptionable
prejudicial
ignoble
excessive
inglorious
inconducive
counter
harmful
too much
rustic
unforgivable
gratuitous
undeserved
oafish
groundless
unpardonable
intrusive
hooligan
provincial
savage
bearish
primitive
unconscionable
disparaging
over the fence
ungenteel
ungainly
disgracious
badly timed
undiplomatic
gloomy
ungrounded
classless
gawky
hick
hillbilly
backwoods
barbarian
ignorant
clodhopping
slobbish
antagonistic
not cricket
not quite the thing
raw
Neanderthal
plebby
very bad
trying
foul-mouthed
loud-mouthed
over-the-top
infra dig
not the done thing
a bit much
sorry
abject
unprovoked
disappointing
premature
unequipped
wretched
beneath you
base
lacking dignity
sickening
early
hasty
unscrupulous
uneducated
revolting
vile
unprincipled
unfriendly
inimical
hostile
dreadful
unqualified
crooked
misjudged
beneath one's dignity
ill-matched
illiterate
common as muck
shady
ungracious
disgusting
nauseating
gaudy
unethical
inconsiderate
baseborn
out of its element
unprepared
low-born
low-minded
bizarre
thoughtless
dodgy
testing
tough
disastrous
challenging
prohibitive
sick
gruesome
unmannered
naughty
unthinkable
negligent
untouchable
not okay
disapproved
dirty
taboo
anachronistic
abortive
frowned on
disapproved of
unmerited
clownish
out-of-date
needless
unneeded
fulsome
superfluous
underhanded
sinister
illegal
discomfiting
grey
UK
non-essential
immoderate
inordinate
disturbing
trashy
distressing
upsetting
heavy-handed
gray
US
disconcerting
not required
flustering
hideous
outlandish
unclassy
off-colour
UK
against the rules
off-color
US
low-down-and-dirty
low-down
troubling
out-of-order
compromising
delicate
out of turn
contrary to the rules
toe-curling
excruciating
discomposing
dishonoring
US
discountenancing
embarrassing
dishonouring
UK
blush-making
agitating
rattling
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