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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
terrified
distraught
restive
panicky
disconcerted
neurotic
excited
highly strung
ruffled
skittish
excitable
shocked
startled
horrified
plagued
tortured
hassled
trembling
wound up
adrenalized
in a cold sweat
frantic
petrified
beleaguered
overanxious
confused
irked
unstable
wrought up
sensitive
harried
beset
in a panic
under pressure
sad
aggravated
pained
terror-stricken
harrowed
scared stiff
horror-struck
unhappy
unconfident
brittle
haunted
terrorized
US
bundle of nerves
beside oneself
all of a doodah
afflicted
intimidated
stressed out
mousy
miserable
frozen
daunted
stunned
scared to death
irritated
terrorised
UK
in a dither
oppressed
discountenanced
bricking oneself
distracted
trepidatious
affrighted
overwhelmed
panic-stricken
sorrowful
inconvenienced
miffed
febrile
preoccupied
overexcited
frenzied
hurt
doubtful
careworn
thrown
disconsolate
despondent
cut up
grieved
choked
heartbroken
wretched
obsessed
saddened
angst-ridden
scary
unrestful
dolorous
pressured
bedevilled
UK
hysteric
running scared
cowed
nervous wreck
desolate
gutted
fearsome
devastated
despairing
provoked
wounded
burdened
bummed out
brokenhearted
overburdened
sorrowing
bedeviled
US
desperate
scared witless
put out
chagrined
mortified
terror-struck
all torn up
irrational
horror-stricken
self-doubting
emotional
grief-stricken
broken-hearted
frazzled
unassertive
dejected
depressed
doleful
quaking
meek
unsteady
peeved
manic
mournful
traumatized
US
riled
grieving
melancholy
rueful
unassured
inconsolable
shook
bitter
woeful
suffering
muddled
agonized
US
flighty
dolesome
weeping
traumatised
UK
blue
wailing
persecuted
appalled
bewailing
tremulous
hounded
bemoaning
mad
up the wall
aching
passive
frightened to death
hectic
agonised
UK
in a funk
shaking in one's shoes
in a blue funk
not confident
lacking confidence
pestered
lacking self-confidence
overactive
in pain
fluttery
not self-assured
heated
exacerbated
displeased
waiting for the axe to fall
racked with suffering
racked with pain
irresolute
nail-biting
feeling anxious
exercised
troublous
turbulent
drawn
mousey
pinched
wrought-up
unpeaceful
fractious
touchy
feverish
wavering
quivering
fainthearted
hot under the collar
introverted
possessed
pessimistic
worrying
cautious
morose
heavyhearted
broken
cheerless
fevered
cross
withdrawn
mistrustful
clutched
gripped
worried stiff
exasperated
disappointed
down
bereaved
wrecked
heartsick
hurting
demoralized
US
consumed
frightened out of your wits
paralysed with fear
UK
scared out of your wits
angered
all of a flutter
gun-shy
mourning
crushed
active
fidgeting
ratty
stressed-out
controlled
dominated
feart
narked
weighed down
shaking like a leaf
under a strain
white-knuckled
tossing and turning
cursed
overcome
seized
pusillanimous
submissive
demoralised
UK
stupefied
afeared
frit
rabbity
broken up
hard-pressed
chicken
numb
dogged
overpowered
surrounded
yellow
dazed
dumbfounded
weak
woebegone
under the cosh
frozen with fear
at the end of your tether
paralyzed with fear
US
lily-livered
insane
held
devoured
paranoid
bewitched
faint-hearted
lacking in confidence
lacking assurance
heavy with grief
overcome with sorrow
up against it
violent
fiendish
in the grip of
pushing the panic button
taken over
having cold feet
teed off
under a spell
have cold feet
long-suffering
waiting with bated breath
skittery
flushed
intense
aquiver
unreluctant
hyped-up
afire
atingle
hyperexcited
easily frightened
easily agitated
nerve-racking
stressful
moved
Delphic
unpoised
disorderly
zipped up
hot
juiced up
creepy
volatile
indecisive
tentative
unbalanced
tensed
dithering
vacillating
nerves on edge
haggard
swithering
overemotional
oversensitive
all wound up
strict
conventional
erratic
reserved
champing at the bit
distrait
histrionic
stir-crazy
sorry
itchy
spasmodic
fitful
overstretched
scunnered
cowardly
lamentable
plangent
asea
discomforted
easily upset
abashed
pressurized
US
pressurised
UK
funeral
old-fashioned
on the defensive
grim
cowering
deploring
agog
biting one's nails
falling apart
foreboding
faltering
in a tiz-woz
approval-seeking
avid
lugubrious
chicken-hearted
sissy
butterflies
jellyfish
plaintive
hag-ridden
apprehensive about
intimidated by
basket case
offended
fretted
alarmed at
in a fluster
regretful
tied up in knots
phobic
in a frenzy
in a lather
low
unenthusiastic
downbeat
funky
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
lacking social skills
tongue-tied
in awe
put upon
verklempt
unzipped
spineless
painful
shell-shocked
in fear and trepidation
having stage fright
biting nails
very scared
having a funny feeling
numb with fear
quivery
all agog
open-mouthed
aroused
in disorder
amazed
panicked
with bated breath
come apart
psyched out
downcast
on the rack
forlorn
gloomy
white knuckled
at sixes and sevens
unforthcoming
melancholic
stirred
disheartened
dismal
hyperactive
discouraged
crazy
high
wakeful
distrustful
self-effacing
hopeless
insomniac
dubious
sceptical
UK
bleak
skeptical
US
wary
awake
unsleeping
resigned
worked-up
defeatist
sunk
doubting
beside yourself
swivel-eyed
insomnolent
weary
freaked-out
wound-up
keyed-up
fired-up
hot-and-bothered
strung-out
suicidal
throwing a wobbly
cynical
grumpy
steamed up
flipped out
out of your mind
chary
hot under collar
all shook up
alert
petulant
testy
nowhere to go
at end of one's rope
in despair
down in the dumps
in the pits
in the dumps
shot down
irascible
struggling
questioning
peevish
vigilant
cranky
irate
crabby
guarded
snappish
furious
without sleep
wide awake
wide-awake
attentive
sleepless
crotchety
enraged
huffy
circumspect
incensed
tetchy
infuriated
querulous
splenetic
crabbed
perverse
mistrusting
untrusting
indignant
captious
ireful
sore
complaining
ornery
mean
shirty
leery
in difficulties
grumbling
whining
critical
on guard
in a tight corner
in a tight spot
steaming
carping
caviling
US
aggrieved
contrary
with your back to the wall
crook
snaky
faultfinding
wreck
boiling
cavilling
UK
brassed off
hacked off
ticked off
in a temper
bent out of shape
fed up
cheesed off
peed off
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
short-tempered
ill-natured
out of sorts
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Adjective
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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
untimely
ill-advised
inopportune
undue
ill-suited
ill-timed
unseasonable
inapplicable
inexpedient
awkward
discrepant
tasteless
indelicate
inharmonious
unwarranted
inadvisable
tactless
misplaced
injudicious
irrelevant
undesirable
ill-considered
indecent
ill-judged
ungentlemanly
unladylike
inconsonant
lacking in propriety
inadmissible
inadequate
unfortunate
imprudent
ineligible
disparate
uncalled-for
undignified
in bad taste
bad form
out of order
indiscreet
impolite
unprofessional
clumsy
misguided
discreditable
unmatched
regrettable
unworthy
gauche
erroneous
immaterial
disproportionate
different
preposterous
inaccurate
abnormal
malodorous
ludicrous
irrelative
differing
impertinent
in poor taste
out-of-place
out-of-season
off-base
beyond the pale
ill-fitted
rude
ill-chosen
unmixable
coarse
rough
unmannerly
uncouth
vulgar
disagreeable
ungodly
immodest
at variance
unflattering
maladroit
disreputable
uncomely
foreign
impolitic
not germane
not pertinent
unworthy of
not proper
unhelpful
insensitive
out of character
unfitted
out of line
ill-adapted
out of the way
detrimental
unsuitable for
inappropriate to
wry
misdirected
dissimilar
unfair
offensive
improprietous
disagreeing
ill-fitting
unhandsome
absurd
mismatched
tacky
anomalous
dissentient
untactful
meaningless
pointless
ridiculous
unconventional
discourteous
off
uncivil
incautious
shameless
diverse
shocking
uncalled for
sour note
varying
out-of-the-way
boorish
uneven
funny
off-balance
immoral
unvirtuous
loose
wanton
illegitimate
ill-bred
not done
left-field
illogical
ill-mannered
irrational
unreasonable
false
foot-in-mouth
way off
unorthodox
unserviceable
erring
aberrant
obstructive
wrong-headed
not suitable
impractical
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
incompetent
interfering
inconvenient
dull
extrinsic
uncharacteristic
outside
not good enough
unrefined
crude
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
heterogeneous
inefficient
uncool
useless
ineffective
shameful
crass
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
raffish
inelegant
incommodious
inauspicious
remote from
different from
disconnected from
distant from
poor
tawdry
cheap
rowdy
discommoding
unpropitious
objectionable
adverse
mistimed
discommodious
troublesome
uncomplimentary
difficult
unprofitable
scandalous
disgraceful
outrageous
unjustifiable
indefensible
mortifying
humiliating
inexcusable
distasteful
unpromising
degrading
ignominious
demeaning
shaming
opposed
unjustified
unjust
unnecessary
unlucky
not on
negative
unwarrantable
threatening
destructive
dishonourable
UK
debasing
bad
damaging
inglorious
belittling
lowering
cheapening
ignoble
unceremonious
intolerable
ominous
calamitous
dishonorable
US
excessive
deplorable
gratuitous
groundless
unsatisfactory
unforgivable
unpardonable
unconscionable
ill
ungrounded
unadvantageous
abject
over the fence
sorry
suggestive
wretched
unwholesome
low
prejudicial
base
unwelcome
inconducive
exceptionable
beneath one's dignity
counter
harmful
insupportable
grey
UK
harsh
intrusive
undeserved
inordinate
immoderate
too much
gray
US
badly timed
disparaging
gloomy
not cricket
antagonistic
against the rules
very bad
out-of-order
not quite the thing
out of turn
contrary to the rules
trying
unprovoked
disappointing
premature
naughty
early
unequipped
not okay
unfriendly
inimical
hostile
dreadful
unqualified
ill-matched
disrespectful
out of its element
unprepared
ungracious
testing
tough
disastrous
challenging
prohibitive
inconsiderate
thoughtless
unthinkable
anachronistic
abortive
unmannered
unmerited
over-the-top
untouchable
out-of-date
needless
disapproved
dirty
taboo
not the done thing
unneeded
fulsome
superfluous
a bit much
underhanded
sinister
illegal
frowned on
disapproved of
non-essential
not required
discomfiting
disturbing
infra dig
distressing
upsetting
beneath you
lacking dignity
disconcerting
flustering
troubling
compromising
delicate
toe-curling
excruciating
discomposing
dishonoring
US
discountenancing
embarrassing
dishonouring
UK
blush-making
agitating
rattling
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like a fish out of water
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