Word Meanings - COMPOSURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure and teaching. Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.

Additional info about word: COMPOSURE

1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure and teaching. Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles. Woodward. 3. Frame; make; temperament. His composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish. Shak. 4. A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. "We seek peace and composure." Milton. When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure. I. Watts. 5. A combination; a union; a bond. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COMPOSURE)

• Equanimity
• Calmness
• composure
• tranquillity
• collectedness
• even-mindedness
• Fortitude
• Courage
• endurance
• braveness
• calmness
• resignation
• hardihood
• resolution
• stoicism
• firmness
• Indifference
• Triviality
• unimportance
• insignificance
• coolness
• carelessness
• apathy
• insensibility

Related words: (words related to COMPOSURE)

• HARDIHOOD
  Boldness, united with firmness and constancy of mind; bravery; intrepidity; also, audaciousness; impudence. A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth. It is the society of numbers which gives hardihood to iniquity. Buckminster. Syn. -- Intrepidity;
• RESIGNATION
  1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission. 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as,
• RESOLUTIONER
  One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott.
• APATHY
  Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to
• COMPOSURE
  1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure and teaching. Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles.
• BRAVENESS
  The quality of state or being brave.
• INSENSIBILITY
  1. The state or quality of being insensible; want of sensibility; torpor; unconsciousness; as, the insensibility produced by a fall, or by opiates. 2. Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity. Syn.
• COOLNESS
  1. The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness. 2. Calm impudence; self-possession.
• COURAGEOUSLY
  In a courageous manner.
• TRANQUILLITY
  The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.
• RESOLUTIONIST
  One who makes a resolution.
• CALMNESS
  The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose. The gentle calmness of the flood. Denham. Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power. E. Everett. Syn. -- Quietness; quietude; stillness; tranquillity; serenity; repose;
• TRIVIALITY
  1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness. 2. That which is trivial; a trifle. The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic trivialities. Lyon Playfair.
• COURAGE
  OF. corage, F. courage, fr. a LL. derivative of L. cor heart. See 1. The heart; spirit; temper; disposition. So priketh hem nature in here corages. Chaucer. My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, and this soft courage makes
• COLLECTEDNESS
  A collected state of the mind; self-possession.
• INSIGNIFICANCE
  1. The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases. 2. Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness; inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art. 3. Want
• RESOLUTION
  The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem. (more info) 1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. The act of
• INDIFFERENCE
  1. The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance. 2. Passableness; mediocrity. 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice,
• CARELESSNESS
  The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.
• FORTITUDE
  1. Power to resist attack; strength; firmness. The fortitude of the place is best known to you. Shak. 2. That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without
• ACCOURAGE
  To encourage.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• DISCOURAGEMENT
  1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. 2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent;
• SCOURAGE
  Refuse water after scouring.
• INFIRMNESS
  Infirmity; feebleness. Boyle.
• INTRANQUILLITY
  Unquietness; restlessness. Sir W. Temple.
• ENCOURAGEMENT
  1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. 2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward,