composure
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- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 9
/kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/
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/kəmˈpoʊʒɚ/ · /kəmˈpəʊʒə/
Definition of composure
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Calmness of mind or temperament.
“That all may see who hate us, how we seek Peace and composure […]”
“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 […]”
““Did you want anything, ma’am?” I enquired, still preserving my external composure, in spite of her ghastly countenance and strange exaggerated manner.”
“He began to lose his composure, and made mistakes, his cards got mixed up, and his scoring was wild.”
“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 over”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Calmness of mind or temperament.
“That all may see who hate us, how we seek Peace and composure […]”
“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 […]”
““Did you want anything, ma’am?” I enquired, still preserving my external composure, in spite of her ghastly countenance and strange exaggerated manner.”
“He began to lose his composure, and made mistakes, his cards got mixed up, and his scoring was wild.”
“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 over”
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of composing
“1818, John Evelyn, Memoirs, edited by William Bray, London: Henry Colburn, 2nd edition, Volume I, entry for 10 March, 1685, p. 592, […] Signʳ Pietro […] had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching.”
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Something which is composed; a composition.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Orderly adjustment; disposition.
“[…] from the various Composures and Combinations of these Corpusoles together, happen all the Varieties of the Bodies formed out of them […]”
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Frame; make; temperament.
“[…] his composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish […]”
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable)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.”
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Etymology
From compose + -ure.
Words you can make from composure
200+ playable · top: COMPOSER (14 pts)
Best play composer 14 points7-letter words
8 words6-letter words
34 words- COMPOS 12 pts
- CRUMPS 12 pts
- COMERS 10 pts
- COMOSE 10 pts
- COMOUS 10 pts
- COOPER 10 pts
- COPERS 10 pts
- CORPSE 10 pts
- CORPUS 10 pts
- COUPES 10 pts
- CROUPE 10 pts
- CROUPS 10 pts
- MOPERS 10 pts
- MUCORS 10 pts
- MUCOSE 10 pts
- MUCROS 10 pts
- PROEMS 10 pts
- PROMOS 10 pts
- RECOUP 10 pts
- SCROOP 10 pts
- SPRUCE 10 pts
- CEROUS 8 pts
- COOERS 8 pts
- COURSE 8 pts
- CROUSE 8 pts
- MOROSE 8 pts
- MOUSER 8 pts
- POROSE 8 pts
- POROUS 8 pts
- POSEUR 8 pts
- ROMEOS 8 pts
- ROSCOE 8 pts
- SOURCE 8 pts
- UPROSE 8 pts
5-letter words
79 words- COMPO 11 pts
- COMPS 11 pts
- CRUMP 11 pts
- COMER 9 pts
- COMES 9 pts
- COOPS 9 pts
- COPER 9 pts
- COPES 9 pts
- COPSE 9 pts
- CORMS 9 pts
- CORPS 9 pts
- COSMO 9 pts
- COUPE 9 pts
- COUPS 9 pts
- CROPS 9 pts
- CROUP 9 pts
- MERCS 9 pts
- MOPER 9 pts
- MOPES 9 pts
- MUCOR 9 pts
- MUCRO 9 pts
- PERCS 9 pts
- PERMS 9 pts
- POEMS 9 pts
- POMES 9 pts
- POMOS 9 pts
- PROEM 9 pts
- PROMO 9 pts
- PROMS 9 pts
- PUCES 9 pts
- ROMPS 9 pts
- RUMPS 9 pts
- SCOOP 9 pts
- SCOPE 9 pts
- SCRUM 9 pts
- SPERM 9 pts
- SPUME 9 pts
- CEROS 7 pts
- COOER 7 pts
- CORES 7 pts
- CORSE 7 pts
- CRUSE 7 pts
- CURES 7 pts
- CURSE 7 pts
- ECRUS 7 pts
- MEOUS 7 pts
- MOORS 7 pts
- MOOSE 7 pts
- MORES 7 pts
- MORSE 7 pts
- MOUES 7 pts
- MOUSE 7 pts
- MURES 7 pts
- MUSER 7 pts
- OMERS 7 pts
- PORES 7 pts
- POSER 7 pts
- POURS 7 pts
- PROSE 7 pts
- PROSO 7 pts
- PURSE 7 pts
- REPOS 7 pts
- ROMEO 7 pts
- ROOMS 7 pts
- ROPES 7 pts
- ROUPS 7 pts
- SCORE 7 pts
- SCOUR 7 pts
- SERUM 7 pts
- SOPOR 7 pts
- SPOOR 7 pts
- SPORE 7 pts
- SPRUE 7 pts
- SUCRE 7 pts
- SUPER 7 pts
- EUROS 5 pts
- ROOSE 5 pts
- ROUES 5 pts
- ROUSE 5 pts
4-letter words
78 words- COMP 10 pts
- CEPS 8 pts
- COME 8 pts
- COOP 8 pts
- COPE 8 pts
- COPS 8 pts
- CORM 8 pts
- COUP 8 pts
- CROP 8 pts
- CUMS 8 pts
- CUPS 8 pts
- CUSP 8 pts
- MERC 8 pts
- MOCS 8 pts
- MOPE 8 pts
- MOPS 8 pts
- PECS 8 pts
- PERC 8 pts
- PERM 8 pts
- POCO 8 pts
- POEM 8 pts
- POME 8 pts
- POMO 8 pts
- POMS 8 pts
- PROM 8 pts
- PUCE 8 pts
- ROMP 8 pts
- CERO 6 pts
- COOS 6 pts
- CORE 6 pts
- CORS 6 pts
- CRUS 6 pts
- CUES 6 pts
- CURE 6 pts
- CURS 6 pts
- ECOS 6 pts
- ECRU 6 pts
- ECUS 6 pts
- EMOS 6 pts
- EMUS 6 pts
- EPOS 6 pts
- MEOU 6 pts
- MOOR 6 pts
- MOOS 6 pts
- MORE 6 pts
- MORS 6 pts
- MOUE 6 pts
- MURE 6 pts
- MUSE 6 pts
- MUSO 6 pts
- OMER 6 pts
- OOPS 6 pts
- OPES 6 pts
- OPUS 6 pts
- ORCS 6 pts
- PESO 6 pts
- POOR 6 pts
- POOS 6 pts
- PORE 6 pts
- POSE 6 pts
- POUR 6 pts
- PROS 6 pts
- PURE 6 pts
- PURS 6 pts
- RECS 6 pts
- REMS 6 pts
- REPO 6 pts
- REPS 6 pts
- ROCS 6 pts
- ROMS 6 pts
- ROOM 6 pts
- ROPE 6 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- EURO 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- OURS 4 pts
- ROES 4 pts
- ROOS 4 pts
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