sang-froid

or sang·froid (säN-frwä′)

Coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances.

[French : sang, blood (from Old French, from Latin sanguis) + froid, cold (from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *frigidus, alteration of Latin frīgidus; see frigid).]

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sang-froid

(French sɑ̃frwa)

composure; self-possession; calmness

[C18: from French, literally: cold blood]

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sang-froid

(Fr. sɑ̃ˈfrwa)

n.

coolness of mind; calmness; composure.

[1740–50; < French: literally, cold blood]

sang-froid

A French term meaning cold blood, used to mean calmness in a testing or dangerous situation.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

sang-froid - great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"

aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise

calm, calmness, composure, equanimity - steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"

sang-froid

noun composure, poise, coolness, aplomb, cool (slang), indifference, calmness, equanimity, nonchalance, phlegm, self-possession, unflappability (informal), imperturbability, cool-headedness He behaves throughout with a certain sang-froid.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

sang-froid

noun

A stable, calm state of the emotions:

aplomb, balance, collectedness, composure, coolness, equanimity, imperturbability, imperturbableness, nonchalance, poise, self-possession, unflappability.

Slang: cool.

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Jennings was delighted with her gratitude, and only wondered that after hearing such a sentence, the Colonel should be able to take leave of them, as he immediately did, with the utmost sang-froid, and go away without making her any reply!--She had not thought her old friend could have made so indifferent a suitor.

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His strongly marked features seemed drawn by square and rule; and if it be true that, in order to judge a man's character one must look at his profile, Barbicane, so examined, exhibited the most certain indications of energy, audacity, and sang-froid .

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So all that Italian crew looked on and marvelled at the infant phenomenon that downed wine with the sang-froid of an automaton.

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sang-froid , their carelessness of danger, they were mute, motionless with stiffened limbs, a prey to frightful terror.

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He was not embarrassed, for his unconscious sang-froid was boundless; but as he became aware that this was the proud and beautiful Madame de Cintre, the loveliest woman in the world, the promised perfection, the proposed ideal, he made an instinctive movement to gather his wits together.

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Macron praised the British for their sang-froid in the face of the attacks and emphasised France's "desire to win this war against terrorism together." "The British people are courageous, stand tall and do not give up.

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