composure
Syllables: com·po·sure/kəmˈpəʊʒə/US/kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/
composure noun: calmness of mind or temperament.
Noun
composure (countable and uncountable, plural composures)
- Calmness of mind or temperament.
- That all may see who hate us, how we seek
Peace and composure […]1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished... - It would be also of great Use to us to form our deliberate Judgments of Persons and Things in the calmest and serenest Hours of Life, when the Passions of Nature are all silent, and the Mind enjoys its most perfect Composure […]1725, Isaac Watts, chapter 3, in Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard...
- Synonyms:
- coolness, self-possession, countenance, equanimity
- That all may see who hate us, how we seek
- The act of composing
- […] Signʳ Pietro […] had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.1818, John Evelyn, Memoirs, edited by William Bray, London: Henry Colburn, 2nd edition, Volume I, entry for 10 March, 1685, p. 592
- Something which is composed; a composition.
- Orderly adjustment; disposition.
- […] from the various Composures and Combinations of these Corpusoles together, happen all the Varieties of the Bodies formed out of them […]1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, London: Richard Wilkin, Part 5, p. 230
- Frame; make; temperament.
- […] his composure must be rare indeed
Whom these things can not blemish […]c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- […] his composure must be rare indeed
- A combination; a union; a bond.
- […] their fraction is more our wish than their faction: but it was a strong composure a fool could disunite.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
composure meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
composure in Tamil
- அமைதி, உளவமைதி
composure in Urdu
- جمیعت, تمانیت
composure in Telugu
- composure, composition
- కుదిరిక kudirika
composure in Malayalam
- മനഃസാന്നിധ്യം, സമചിത്തത, അക്ഷോഭ്യത
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- composure in Kannada
- ಶಾಂತಸ್ಥಿತಿ, ನೆಮ್ಮದಿ, ಚಿತ್ತಸ್ವಾಸ್ಥ್ಯ, ಸಮಾಧಾನ
Examples of composure in a sentence
- “Did you want anything, ma’am?” I enquired, still preserving my external composure, in spite of her ghastly countenance and strange exaggerated manner.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas...
- He began to lose his composure, and made mistakes, his cards got mixed up, and his scoring was wild.1894, Giacomo Casanova, chapter 16, in Arthur Machen, transl., The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, volume 4, London: Elek Books...
- Montenegro's early composure was shaken by that set-back and a visibly buoyed Wales nearly added a second goal when Bale broke past two defenders and fired a long-range shot that Bozovic tipped over2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC:
Synonyms of composure
Forms of composure
| plural | composures |
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Origin of composure
From compose + -ure.
Words formed from composure
Questions about composure
- What does composure mean?
- Composure means calmness of mind or temperament.
- What is composure in Tamil?
- Composure in Tamil is அமைதி, உளவமைதி. See Composure meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use composure in a sentence?
- “Did you want anything, ma’am?” I enquired, still preserving my external composure, in spite of her ghastly countenance and strange exaggerated manner.
- What part of speech is composure?
- Composure is a noun.
- How do you pronounce composure?
- Composure is pronounced /kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of composure?
- The plural of composure is composures.
Words near composure in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: composure (page history and authors); composure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); composure (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కుదిరిక (Telugu) (page history and authors); composure (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); composure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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