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composure

[ kuhm-poh-zher ]

noun

  1. serene, self-controlled state of mind; calmness; tranquility:

    Despite the hysteria and panic around him, he retained his composure.

    Synonyms: coolness, equability, self-possession, equanimity, quiet, serenity

    Antonyms: agitation



composure

/ kəmˈpəʊʒə /

noun

  1. calmness, esp of the mind; tranquillity; serenity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • non·com·po·sure noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of composure1

First recorded in 1590–1600; compose + -ure
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Example Sentences

We came out and made a few of them to start the game, but we kept our composure.

It looks like Williams takes a second to maintain her composure, but reminds Omarosa that she is in fact a guest on her show.

The process to select officers was created by Admiral Hyman Rickover—the engineering visionary and noted madman who put the first nuclear reactor in a submarine—to assess both technical acumen and composure under stress.

If “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” is forcing me to pick a hero, I’ll side with the ostensible rubes at a cotillion ball or a hard-working babysitter rather than the actors trying to shock them into breaking their composure.

So we need to keep our composure and ask questions and seek to understand the key factors that are contributing to us being in this situation.

He recalled being angry and trying to keep his composure as he strode past Cosby into the front hall.

Through it all, though, Holder has maintained his composure and remained focused on his legal and constitutional responsibilities.

I regained my composure and stepped fully inside the crowded hallway.

At several points during his narrative, he has to stop to regain his composure.

Throughout her shows, she has had to stop singing to regain her composure.

It nettled him; it broke down his habitual composure, and it was a relief to him when the conference came to a close.

And when he reached her side, she had so entirely regained composure that he could hardly believe it was the same person.

“It is quite understandable, dear,” Jessie said, with more composure than her chum could display at the moment.

He smiled, and Barker, who had recovered his composure in the doctor's presence, bowed silently and went out.

At first Baroudi continued to stand in the sun, and she looked up at him with composure from her place of shadow.

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