| Main Entry: | ill at ease |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling at ease |
Synonyms: |
anxious, apprehensive, awkward, discomfited, disquieted, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, faltering, fidgety, hesitant, insecure, nervous, nervous, on edge, on edge, on pins and needles, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks, out of place, restless, self-conscious, shy, suspicious, tense, uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uneasy, unrelaxed, unsettled, unsure |
Antonyms: |
at ease, comfortable, content |
| Main Entry: | stiff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | formal, standoffish |
Synonyms: |
angular, artificial, austere, ceremonious, cold, constrained, forced, hardheaded, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, labored, mannered, obstinate, pertinacious, pompous, priggish, prim, punctilious, relentless, starchy, stilted, strong, stubborn, uneasy, ungainly, ungraceful, unnatural, unrelaxed, unrelenting, wooden |
Antonyms: |
casual, graceful, informal |
| Main Entry: | strained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forced, pretended |
Synonyms: |
artificial, at end of rope, awkward, choked, constrained, difficult, embarrassed, false, farfetched, hard put, in a state, labored, nervous wreck, put, self-conscious, stiff, strung out, taut, tense, tight, uncomfortable, uneasy, unglued, unnatural, unrelaxed, uptight, wired, wreck* |
Antonyms: |
genuine, unforced |
| Main Entry: | ill (at ease) |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncomfortable |
Synonyms: |
anxious, awkward, discomfited, disquieted, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, faltering, fidgety, hesitant, nervous, on edge, on tenterhooks, restless, self-conscious, suspicious, tense, uneasy, unrelaxed, unsettled, unsure |
Antonyms: |
at ease, comfortable |