Synonyms:
attitude, mental_attitude
Meaning: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"
Synonyms:
position, posture, attitude
Meaning: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
Synonyms:
attitude
Meaning: a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"
Usage examples
Noakes's attitude was uncompromising.
My attitude would be one of disapproval
The girl listened in an attitude of despair.
He lived in a perpetual attitude of adoration.
Mrs Lawford's attitude intensified in its stillness.
He asked me for full details of my complaint and attitude.
As he stood looking along it, his attitude showed indecision.
Baldos stood at the window in an attitude of alert attention.
He enjoys Pater, appreciating his attitude toward his own sex.
Bertram, too, was showing by his attitude the keenest appreciation.