attitude
Syllables: at·ti·tudeUK/ˈætɪt͡ʃuːd/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
British/ˈatɪt͡ʃʉwd/
attitude noun: the position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
Noun
attitude (countable and uncountable, plural attitudes)
- The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
- The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude.
- The lamp stood on the table, and Carrara leant by the huge tome spread out before him; and opposite sat Beatrice, bending over her broidery—the small head, with its rich knot of gathered hair, so exquisitely placed—the slender figure, so graceful in its attitude.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 145
- A disposition or state of mind.
- Don't give me your negative attitude.
- You've got a nice attitude today.
- Unpleasant behavior.
- He doesn't take attitude from anybody.
- I asked the waiter for a clean fork and all I got was attitude.
- The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
- The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
- The stern planes are located well aft of the center of gravity of the submarine and their primary purpose is attitude (trim) control1982, Thomas Charles Gillmer, Bruce Johnson, Introduction to naval architecture, page 286
- Synonyms:
- trim, orientation
- A position similar to an arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
- Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère, and the comic dancer.2007, Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach, page 134
Verb
attitude (third-person singular simple present attitudes, present participle attituding, simple past and past participle attituded)
- To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
- […] nymphs of quality, formed for the offices of love and of conversation, are attituded about her, each star set as it were in surrounding satellites of admirers;[…]1823, Felix M'Donogh, The Hermit Abroad, volume 1, page 122
- Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in […]1837, William E. Burton, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 1, page 123
- To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
- He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.2002, Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter, page 33
- The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.2008, Yvonne Müller, "The Absentee": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria Edgeworth's Novel, page 12
attitude meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
attitude in Hindi
- disposition or state of mind
- टशन ṭaśan, नज़रिया nazariyā, रवैया ravaiyā
attitude in Tamil
- disposition or state of mind
- மனப்பான்மை maṉappāṉmai
attitude in Marathi
- attitude; mental stance toward a matter
- दृष्टिकोण druṣṭikoṇ
- attitude
- वृत्ती vruttī
attitude in Urdu
- disposition or state of mind
- رَوَیّہ ravaiyā, نَظَرِیَہ nazariyā
More languagesFewer languages
- attitude in Bengali
- কোনো ব্যক্তি
- attitude in Malayalam
- ഭാവം bhāvaṁ, മനോഭാവം manōbhāvaṁ
- attitude in Kannada
- ನಿಲುವು, ಮನೋಭಾವ, ಭಾವನೆ, ದೃಷ್ಟಿಕೋನ
- attitude in Punjabi
- ਰੁਖ਼ rux
- attitude in Gujarati
- ચાળા cāḷā
- attitude in Odia
- ମନୋବୃତ୍ତି, ମନୋଭାବ
- attitude in Nepali
- मनोवृत्ति, मनोवृत्तिको
- attitude in Arabic
- مَوْقِف mawqif, سُلُوك sulūk
- attitude in Persian
- نگرش negareš, دیدگاه didgâh, عقیده 'aqide
- attitude in Thai
- ทัศนคติ tát-sà-ná-ká-dtì
- attitude in Vietnamese
- thái độ
Examples of attitude in a sentence
- It's up to your attitude / To show the real you / 'Cause it's in your eyes, love / Here where the truth resides, oh-woah-ho1977, Bar-Kays, “Attitudes”, in Flying High on Your Love:
- And if a nigga get a attitude / Pop it like it's hot2004, “Drop It Like It's Hot”, performed by Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell Williams:
- I thought you were fine, so fine / But your shitty fuckin' attitude / Has got me changing my mind, yeah2011, Mayer Hawthorne, “The Walk”, in How Do You Do:
- Scratches should be closely analyzed to determine the attitudes of the boats at the time of initial contact.1997, Paul J. Ciolino, Grace Elting Castle, Advanced Forensic Civil Investigations, page 109:
Synonyms of attitude
Forms of attitude
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | attitudes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | attitudes |
| present participle | attituding |
| past participle | attituded |
| past | attituded |
Origin of attitude
From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitūdō (“aptitude”) and actitūdō (“acting, posture”), from Latin aptō and actitō. Doublet of aptitude.
Words formed from attitude
Phrases with attitude
Words that rhyme with attitude
Questions about attitude
- What does attitude mean?
- Attitude means the position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
- What is attitude in Hindi?
- Attitude in Hindi is टशन (ṭaśan), नज़रिया (nazariyā), रवैया (ravaiyā). See Attitude meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use attitude in a sentence?
- It's up to your attitude / To show the real you / 'Cause it's in your eyes, love / Here where the truth resides, oh-woah-ho
- What part of speech is attitude?
- Attitude can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce attitude?
- Attitude is pronounced /ˈætɪt͡ʃuːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of attitude?
- The plural of attitude is attitudes.
Words near attitude in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attitude (page history and authors); दृष्टिकोण (Marathi) (page history and authors); attitude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഭാവം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); attitude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਰੁਖ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ચાળા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); attitude (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); attitude (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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