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comfortable in one's own skin

comfortable in one's own skin adjective: relaxed and confident in one's manner of presenting oneself and interacting with others; conveying the impression that one has a clear, satisfying understanding of one's own abilities and situation.

Adjective

comfortable in one's own skin

  1. (idiomatic) Relaxed and confident in one's manner of presenting oneself and interacting with others; conveying the impression that one has a clear, satisfying understanding of one's own abilities and situation.
    • Says his wife Marlene: "He presents the same face to people in Washington that he does to our sons' friends. He's just comfortable in his own skin."1992 September 7, J. F. O. McAlliser, “Comfortable In His Own Ample Skin: Lawrence Eagleburger”, in Time
    • She had been completely natural from the first with him, utterly comfortable in her own skin.1996, Kay Hooper, Amanda, →ISBN, page 60

Synonyms of comfortable in one's own skin

Forms of comfortable in one's own skin

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Questions about comfortable in one's own skin

What does comfortable in one's own skin mean?
Comfortable in one's own skin means relaxed and confident in one's manner of presenting oneself and interacting with others; conveying the impression that one has a clear, satisfying understanding of one's own abilities and situation.
What part of speech is comfortable in one's own skin?
Comfortable in one's own skin is an adjective.

Words near comfortable in one's own skin in the dictionary

  1. comfort-eats
  2. comfortabilities
  3. comfortability
  4. comfortable
  5. comfortable as an old shoe
  6. comfortable in one's own skin
  7. comfortable in one's skin
  8. comfortableness
  9. comfortablenesses
  10. comfortabler
  11. comfortables

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