Coolness
['kulnəs]
Definition
(noun.) fearless self-possession in the face of danger.
(noun.) calm and unruffled self-assurance; 'he performed with all the coolness of a veteran'.
Typist: Mason--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.
(n.) Calm impudence; self-possession.
Inputed by Logan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Coldness, indifference, self-possession, distance, calmness
ANT:Heat, ardor, eagerness, passion, excitement, warmth, heartiness
Typist: Ronald
Examples
- With perfect coolness Holmes slipped across to the safe, filled his two arms with bundles of letters, and poured them all into the fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She lured me to leave this den and follow her forth into dew, coolness, and glory. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There had been a coolness between myself and Small on account of his being so close. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He is possessed of excellent judgment, great coolness and honesty, but he is not good on a pursuit. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- What with his coolness and his soldierly bearing, he looked far more like the prison guard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There was a coolness about all this, which, to a gentleman of an excitable temperament, had, under the circumstances, rather an exasperating tendency. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He floundered in his conversation with the ladies, his neighbours: George's coolness only rendering him more angry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She spoke with coolness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- No--excuse me--I shall not, said Sir James, with more coolness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I bared my head to the rushing wind, which bathed my brow in delightful coolness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My feelings are profound; but I possessed a coolness of judgment that fitted me for illustrious achievements. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I was not dreaming, I said, with some warmth, for her brazen coolness provoked me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I feel gratefully the coolness and shadiness and quiet of the room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As for me, I took it with entire coolness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And yet a coolness grows between Miss Shepherd and myself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Edited by Ervin