Antonyms for posture


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : pos-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒs tʃər


Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for posture

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