... drinks"; "a cool breeze" [ant: warm] 2: marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep ... in warmth 2. a. marked by steady dispassionate calmness and self-control < a cool and calculating administrator — Current Biography > b. lacking ... head >. composed implies freedom from agitation as a result of self-discipline or a sedate disposition < the composed pianist gave a ... Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater ... cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket. --Dickens. Syn: Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent. Webster's 1913 ...
Self-applause definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SELF-APPLAUSE, n. self-applauz'. Applause of one's self. Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1678 an expression or feeling of approval of oneself Webster's 1913 Dictionary Self-applause Self`-ap*plause", n. Applause of one's ...
To boast one's self definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Boast Boast, v. t. 1 ... of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. Lest bad men should boast Their specious ... have; as, to boast a name. To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the thing to which the boasting ...
... 5:33-37). (4) The higher law of rights substitutes self-restraint and generosity for retaliation and resistance (Mt 5:38 ... social relations (Mt 7:1-12). (1) Critical estimate of self instead of censorious judgment of others (Mt 7:1-5 ... the wealth of the inner life, in moral strength, in self-control, in spiritual insight, in the character one is able ... Beatitudes. The first four deal with personal qualities: humility, penitence, self-control, desire for righteousness. These are the sources of inner ... heart or reverence for personality, peacemaking or solicitude for others, self-sacrificing loyalty to righteousness. These are the sources of social ... external rules, as with motives and with social virtues, with self-control, purity, honesty and generosity. So much higher are ...
... welfare of others [syn: altruistic, selfless] [ant: egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1821 having no concern for self ; unselfish • selflessly adverb • selflessness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. disregarding ... Derivatives: selflessly adv. selflessness n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Selfless Self"less, a. Having no regard to self; unselfish. Lo now, what hearts have men! they never mount ... love was that of a mother for her child. ADJ [approval] • selflessly I've never known anyone who cared so ...
... manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" [syn: meek, mild, modest] 7: limited in size or ... on one's abilities or worth b. neither bold nor self-assertive ; tending toward diffidence 2. arising from or characteristic of ... bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man ... s modest, as well as being a great player... ADJ [approval] • modestly 'You really must be very good at what you ... reticent, retiring, sacrificing, scrupulous, second rank, second string, secondary, seemly, self-abasing, self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-conscious, self-denying, self-devoted, ...
... n 1: feelings of excessive pride [syn: amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity] 2: the quality of being valueless or futile ... personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit. The exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was ... the puppet's part. --Shak. Syn: Egotism; pride; emptiness; worthlessness; self-sufficiency. See Egotism, and Pride. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If ... futility, unrealness, unsubstantialness, falsity, vanitas vanitatum. 2. Conceit, conceitedness, egotism, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, petty pride, self-complacency, self-approbation, self-admiration. 3. Idle show, vain ...
... L., to know, to be privy to.] 1. Internal or self-knowledge, or judgment of right and wrong; or the faculty ... is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense. My conscience hath a thousand several tongues ... a villain. --Shak. As science means knowledge, conscience etymologically means self-knowledge . . . But the English word implies a moral standard of ... his own conscience is kept alive and alert; and this approval from without may, in some cases, be, even more than ... of life arise when conscience is issuing one command and self-interest or passion or authority another, and the question has ... not behold someone on earth putting aside the bribes or self- interest or the menaces of authority and paying tribute ...
... inflate; L. fastus.] 1. To brag,or vaunt one's self; to make an ostentatious display, in speech, of one's ... by of; sometimes by in. 3. To exalt one's self. With your mouth you have boasted against me. Ezek. BOAST ... of with pride, vanity or exultation, with a view to self-commendation. Lest men should boast their specious deeds. 1. Magnify ... n 1: speaking of yourself in superlatives [syn: boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation] v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash ... last may be from English.] 1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, ...
... the table > e. transmit, dispatch 5. a. to submit for approval < clear it with me first > b. authorize, approve < cleared the ... a clearinghouse 4. to go to an authority (as for approval) before becoming effective • clearable adjective • clearer noun IV. noun Date ... Military Dictionary 1. To approve or authorize, or to obtain approval or authorization for: a. a person or persons with regard ... remove obstacles. 2 stand aside. clear a thing with get approval or authorization for a thing from (a person). in clear ... clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out ... the weather clears up. --Swift. 2. To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. [Obs.] ...
... he was unselfish, a true team man. = selfless ? selfish ADJ [approval] • unselfishly She has loyally and unselfishly spent every day at ... neutral, open, open-handed, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic, princely, profuse, sacrificing, self-abasing, self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted, self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful, ...
... estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit ... him credit, for the food he produces speaks for itself... [approval] 2. You can refer to the modesty of something such ... respectability, restraint, reticence, reticency, retirement, sacrifice, scruple, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, seemliness, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-devotion, self-effacement, self-forgetfulness, self-immolation, self-neglect, ...
... on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope. 3. To equal in number, weight ... fair and reasonable way. ...a fair, balanced, comprehensive report. ADJ [approval] 2. Something that is balanced is pleasing or useful because ... elements are in the correct proportions. ...a balanced diet. ADJ [approval] 3. Someone who is balanced remains calm and thinks clearly ... have to prove myself as a respectable, balanced, person. ADJ [approval] 4. see also balance Moby Thesaurus accordant, alike, all there ... right, right and proper, rightful, robotlike, sane, sane-minded, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-controlled, self-possessed, self-restrained, sensible, smooth, ...