Synonyms for aplomb

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-plom, uh-pluhm

Phonetic Transcription : əˈplɒm, əˈplʌm

Définition of aplomb

Origin : "assurance, confidence," 1828, from French aplomb (16c.), literally "perpendicularity," from phrase à plomb "poised upright, balanced," literally "on the plumb line," from Latin plumbum "(the metal) lead" (see plumb (n.)), of which the weight at the end of the line was made.

noun assurance

Example sentences :

She received his bits of news with the aplomb of a resourceful commander.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Miss Milbrey disunited the chatting couple with swiftness and aplomb.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

I could read as much in her narrowed eyes as she tried for aplomb with her guests.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

The aplomb—why should there be a French word for an English quality?
Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Before the end of the repast he had recovered all his assurance, all his aplomb.
Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez

"Your father didn't wish you to hear," she said, with all the aplomb she could muster.
Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. » by John Galsworthy

He admired her aplomb, and he did not himself change countenance.
Extract from : « A Modern Chronicle, Complete » by Winston Churchill

The moment he suspected any one of a serious interest in him it robbed him of his aplomb.
Extract from : « Narcissus » by Evelyn Scott

She carried her little head with an aplomb and gravity which amused some of us.
Extract from : « The Newcomes » by William Makepeace Thackeray

He was obstinate in his vanity, and carried off his mistakes with aplomb.
Extract from : « The World For Sale, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

Antonyms for aplomb

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