Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: attitude
IPA transcription: ['ætət,ud]
noun meaning of the word
  • 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.