disposition
disposition is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. Dryden.
- 2.The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.
- 3.Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.
- 4.Conscious inclination; propension or propensity. How stands your disposition to be married Shak.
- 5.Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind. "A man of turbulent disposition." Hallam. "He is of a very melancholy disposition." Shak. His disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him. Strype.
- 6.Mood; humor. As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on. Shak. -- Disposition, Character, Temper. Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the predominating quality of his character, the constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this disposition influenced by motive, training, and will. Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the passions, are aroused.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- adaptation
- adjustment
- alienation
- arrangement
- bestowment
- character
- disposal
- distribution
- inclination
- method
- mood
- order
- propensity
- regulation
- temper
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- background
- bashful
- bashfulness
- beat
- blush
- blushing
- bushel
- candle
- cast
- ceremony
- constrained
- constraint
- countenance
- coy
- demure
- demureness
- diffidence
- diffident
- distance
- draw
- drum
- eye
- face
- fame
- find
- give
- good
- hide
- humble
- humbly
- humility
- keep
- light
- merit
- modest
- modesty
- nervous
- noiseless
- not
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is disposition.
- What is the disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. Dryden called?
- What is the state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice called?
- What is tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction called?
- What is conscious inclination; propension or propensity. How stands your disposition to be married Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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