be ill at ease

To be nervous or anxious. My sister loves performing, but I'm ill at ease on stage. Fred is ill at ease in big crowds.

be ill at ease

to feel anxious or embarrassed (often + with ) He always felt a little ill at ease with strangers. (sometimes + in ) The girl behind the bar looked ill at ease in her uniform.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hunor	-	Hungarian
EmÍLie	-	Czech
Linda	LIN-də (English), LIN-dah (German), LEEN-dah (Italian, Finnish)	English, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Hu
Olavi	O-lah-vee (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian
Wojtek	VOI-tek	Polish
Dino	DEE-no (Italian)	Italian, Croatian