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Synonyms for posture
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pos-cher |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒs tʃər |
Top 10 synonyms for posture Other synonyms for the word posture
- affect
- attitudinize
- bearing
- brace
- carriage
- condition
- deportment
- display
- do a bit
- do for effect
- fake
- fake it
- inclination
- make a show
- masquerade
- mien
- pass for
- pass off
- phase
- playact
- point of view
- port
- pose
- position
- positure
- presence
- put on airs
- put up a front
- set
- show off
- situation
- stance
- standpoint
- state
Définition of posture
Origin :- c.1600, from French posture (16c.), from Italian postura "position, posture," from Latin positura "position, station," from postulus, past participle of ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)).
- noun stance, circumstance
- noun beliefs
- verb display an attitude
- He was sitting yonder when I began to dress, and has scarcely changed his posture since.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- Our posture must be that of holy reverence, of quiet waiting and adoration.
- Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
- Try and recall the posture of your affairs, when I extricated you and brought you to Seuthes.
- Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
- She felt the indecorum of the posture he had condescended to take, and was shocked.
- Extract from : « A Simple Story » by Mrs. Inchbald
- Whoever has need of another is indigent, and assumes a posture.
- Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley
- No attitude is fixed, and no outward observance of posture is required.
- Extract from : « A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd' » by Moulavi Gergh Ali
- And do you mean to tell me that they have never stirred from that posture for two long hours?
- Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
- Never at any time did she neglect to keep her army in a posture of offence.
- Extract from : « German Culture Past and Present » by Ernest Belfort Bax
- And again he resumed his posture of sullen and determined silence.
- Extract from : « Waverley » by Sir Walter Scott
- There was something new in his posture—a stark stillness which arrested his eye.
- Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees
Antonyms for posture
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