Antonyms for poise

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : poiz

Phonetic Transcription : pɔɪz

Definition of poise

Origin : early 15c., "weight, quality of being heavy," later "significance, importance" (mid-15c.), from Old French pois "weight, balance, consideration" (12c., Modern French poids), from Medieval Latin pesum "weight," from Latin pensum "something weighted or weighed," (source of Provençal and Catalan pes, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian peso), noun use of neuter past participle of pendere "to weigh" (see pendant).
The sense of "steadiness, composure" first recorded 1640s, from notion of being equally weighted on either side (1550s). Meaning "balance" is from 1711; meaning "way in which the body is carried" is from 1770.

noun self-composure, dignity
verb balance, suspend

Example sentences :

But according to Letty he was something superhuman in poise and charm.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

They could recover their poise; he with the health of a simple mind, and they as children will.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Pee-wee demanded to know, as soon as he had regained his poise and dignity.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

The adjustment is to be accomplished entirely by the poise of the body.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

From cock-crow to sun-down the streets resounded with 'Poise your muskets!
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Since the death of Strangeways, he had not recovered his poise of soul.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

For the first time the youthful caller's poise seemed a trifle shaken.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

At nearly every step the body lurched for poise and balance.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

Her poise was too perfect to make such a supposition possible.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

There is, in the poise of his head and in his eyes, a fierce intolerance.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

Synonyms for poise

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