At Ease

Definition: At Ease

At Ease

Adjective

1. Without strain or anxiety; "gave the impression of being quite relaxed"; "a relaxed and informal discussion".

2. Free from worry or anxiety; "knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy"; "an easy good-natured manner"; "by the time the child faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words".

3. Socially at ease; "was at ease with strangers".

Adverb

1. In a relaxed position, of soldiers; "the soldiers were standing at ease".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: At Ease

Cheerfulness

Verb: be cheerful; Adjective: have the mind at ease, smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits; view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose; ridentem dicere virum, cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up; chirp, take heart, cast away care, drive dull care away, perk up.

Content

Render content; Adjective: set at ease, comfort; set one's heart at ease, set one's mind at ease, set one's heart at rest, set one's mind at rest; speak peace; conciliate, reconcile, win over, propitiate, disarm, beguile; content, satisfy; gratify.

Adjective: content, contented; satisfied; Verb: at ease, at one's ease, at home; with the mind at ease, sans souci, sine cura, easygoing, not particular; conciliatory; unrepining, of good comfort; resigned; (patient); cheerful.

Dejection

Melancholy as a gib cat; oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy; downcast, downhearted; down in the mouth, down in one;s luck; heavy-hearted; in the dumps, down in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums; in doleful dumps, in bad humor; sullen; mumpish, dumpish, mopish, moping; moody, glum; sulky; (discontented); out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits; ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low; weary; discouraged, disheartened; desponding; chapfallen, chopfallen, jaw fallen, crest fallen.

Excitability

Make oneself easy; make one's mind easy; set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at rest.

Facility

Unembarrassed, disburdened, unburdened, disencumbered, unencumbered, disembarrassed; exonerated; unloaded, unobstructed, untrammeled; unrestrained; (free); at ease, light.

Freedom

Free and easy; at ease, at one's ease; degage, quite at home; wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished.

Inattention

Interjection: stand at ease, stand easy!

Pain

Uncomfortable, uneasy; ill at ease; in a taking, in a way; disturbed; discontented; out of humor; a; weary.

Physical Pleasure

Adjective: enjoying. Verb: luxurious, voluptuous, sensual, comfortable, cosy, snug, in comfort, at ease.

Pleasure

Well-being; good; snugness, comfort, ease; cushion; sans souci, mind at ease.

Comfortable; (physical pleasure); at ease; content; sans souci.

Relief

Cheer, comfort, console; enliven; encourage, bear up, pat on the back, give comfort, set at ease; gladden the heart, cheer the heart; inspirit, invigorate.

Crosswords: At Ease

Mr Kim At ease, before you sprain something. (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart)

Yeah, ok, At ease soldier! (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

I hope you understand that I am a person who is totally at ease with that. (Leaving Las Vegas; writing credit: Mike Figgis)

I NEED PEACE, GOT TO FEEL AT EASE (Never Ever; performing artist: All Saints)

That will put his heart at ease (Crying in the Chapel; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

Egg him along, make him feel at ease with himself, (You Will Be A Hot Dancer; performing artist: Incubus)

You set my soul at ease (I wanna love you forever; performing artist: Jessica Simpson)

It's because of you soul I'm at ease (I've Got You; performing artist: Marc Anthony)

Ladies at Ease (1927)

At Ease (1927)

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Books

• At Ease in a Bright Red Tie: Writings on Theatre (Oberon Books) (reference)

• Body Relaxed - Mind at Ease (reference)

• Go AT Ease (Go GATE) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Here English beef and pudding lolls at ease,... / [John Collier] Thos. Sanders sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Light artillery drill, Horse Battery, at ease, [United States Military Academy], West Point, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

At ease, battalion drill, U.S. Naval Academy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Louise Michel : in rebellion alone, woman is at ease ... Credit: Library of Congress.

With you in charge, I'm at ease. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.

[Arthur Dent] was about thirty as well, dark haired and never quite at ease with himself.

Kings reigned ill at ease with the rock of Saint Helena in the horizon.

A short loud laugh from Mr Tate set the class more at ease.

But Uncle John sat uneasily, his lonely haunted eyes were not at ease, and his thin strong body was not relaxed.

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Economic History

Saudi Arabia

Saudis are gracious hosts and will try to put a visitor at ease, even during arduous business dealings. (references)

Travel

Bangladesh

Bangladeshi business executives are usually very courteous, and try to make their foreign guests feel at ease. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "at ease": be at ease ♦ be ill at ease ♦ feel at ease ♦ feel ill at ease ♦ ill at ease ♦ Interjection: stand at ease ♦ mind at ease ♦ set at ease ♦ set one's mind at ease ♦ set smb.'s mind at ease ♦ stand at ease ♦ To set at ease ♦ To stand at ease. Additional references.

Albanian

i qetë (balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i lirë (available, brummagem, cheap, clear, disengaged, disposable, empty, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, frugal, inexpensive, loose, native, off, off duty, off-hour, open, quit, scotfree, twopenny, unattached, unbound, uncostly, uninhibited, unoccupied, vacant). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مسلم (islamic, muslim), ‏مستريح (at rest, comfortable, relaxed, relaxing, rested), ‏مطمئن (calm, peaceful, quiet, reassured, safe, secure, tranquil, unconcerned), ‏مرتاح (comfortable). (various references)

Bulgarian 

с лекота (flowingly, with ease). (various references)

Chinese 

� (long, sad). (various references)

Czech

pohov, nenucenì (informally). (various references)

Finnish

vaivatunut (ill at ease, self-conscious), hämillinen (ill at ease, self-conscious, shy), hämi (ill at ease, self-conscious, shy). (various references)

French

aisément, rassuré, confortable. (various references)

German

rührt euch (stand easy). (various references)

Greek 

άνετος (comfortable, easy, in comfort). (various references)

Hebrew 

שא� ן (calm, carefree, complacent, secure, serene, tranquil), ר�'וע (calm, cool, placid, relaxation, relaxed, serene, tranquil, unruffled), � � וח (calm, debonair, indolent, laid back, relaxed). (various references)

Hungarian

pihenj (parade rest, rest, stand easy), könnyedén (airily, easily, facilely, hand over hand, jauntily, light, lightly, offhandedly, off-handedly, readily, trippingly, with ease). (various references)

Indonesian

keki (annoyed, ill at ease, irritated, resentful). (various references)

Italian

ritrovare (discover, feel at ease, find, find oneself, meet, recover, rediscover, see one's way), maldestro (all thumbs, awkward, clumsy, gauche, ham-fisted, heavy-handed, ill at ease, inexperienced, inexpert, maladroit, unhandy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

気楽 (comfortable), やり方が渋い (Aah!, affluence, Ah!, calm, Dear me!, exclamation of relief or disappointment, flicker, large thing swaying, mildly, mischievous, naughty, Oh dear!, Oh!, reserve, rock, roll, rolling from side to side, room, shake, slow swaying, slowly, softly, stingy ways, swing, swinging, Thank God!, time, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobbling). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きらく (comfortable), ゆっくり (slowly). (various references)

Pig Latin

atay easeay

Portuguese

� vontade (at pleasure, comfy, freely, loosely). (various references)

Romanian

stingherit (embarrassed, ill at ease, uncomfortable, uneasy), stânjenit (cornered, embarrassed, ill at ease, uncomfortable, uneasy), pe loc repaus (stand at ease), fi stânjenit (be ill at ease), fi jenat (feel ill at ease), face comod (set at ease), de voie (stand at ease), care se simte prost (ill at ease). (various references)

Russian 

вольно. (various references)

Scottish

socrach (comfortable, slow, steady), seasgair (cosy, one in comfortable circumstances, sheltered, snug). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

voljno (ease: at ease, willingly), nelagodno (ill at ease, uncomfortably), nelagodan (ill at ease, pained, uncomfortable, uneasy), na mestu voljno (ease: at ease), dati voljno (stand at ease). (various references)

Spanish

a gusto, descanso (break, breather, breathing space, decree, distraction, diversion, encampment, flop, half time, holidays, interlude, intermission, interval, landing, let up, pause, recess, relaxation, repose, rest, stand at ease, tease, time out, travel), cómodo (accommodative, close, comfortable, convenient, cosy, cozy, easy, handy, homy, intimate). (various references)

Swedish

manöver (evolution, exercise, maneuver, manoeuvre, stand at ease). (various references)

Thai

กังวล (ill at ease), ซึ่งกระสับกระส่าย (ill at ease). (various references)

Turkish

rahat (at rest, cavalier, comfort, comfortable, comfy, complacent, composure, cosy, cushioned, cushy, ease, easy, facile, leisure, luxurious, peace, rest, restful, serene, snug, unconstrained, unconventional, undisturbed, unembarassed, untroubled), içi rahat. (various references)

Ukrainian

спокійно (calmly, easy, evenly, leisurely, peacefully, quietly, serenely, smooth, with abandon), вільно (broad, easily, easy, fluently, free, freely, loose, loosely, naturally). (various references)

securus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: setae, tease.

-2 letters: asea, ates, ease, east, eats, etas, sate, seat, seta, teas, tees.

-3 letters: aas, ate, eat, eta, sae, sat, sea, see, set, tae, tas, tea, tee.

-4 letters: aa, ae, as, at, es, et, ta.

+1 letter: aerates, caseate.

+2 letters: acetates, agametes, amreetas, arsenate, asperate, caseated, caseates, casemate, dealates, eatables, elastase, emanates, escalate, hetaeras, maleates, manatees, nauseate, ratafees, seatmate, seawater, separate, serenata, stealage, stearate, teacakes, teawares.

+3 letters: abasement, ablegates, abnegates, acerbates, acierates, aestivate, alienates, ameerates, anteaters, antedates, apetalies, arsenates, asperated, asperates, bakemeats, caretakes, caseinate, casemates, catalexes, catenates, cetaceans, deadbeats, deaerates, devastate, earthpeas, elastases, emaciates, entamebas, eradiates, escalated, escalates, evacuates, evaluates, excavates, headgates, lacerates, laureates, leachates, macerates, makebates, meatheads, metaphase, nauseated, nauseates, palestrae, panetelas, parakeets, racemates, seatmates, seawaters, separated, separates, serenatas, stageable, stalemate, stateable, stealable, stealages, stearates, taeniases, tapenades, teamakers, teammates, teargases, valerates, waterages, wheatears.