Definitions for self-possessed

self-possessed self-pos·sessed

Spelling: [self-puh-zest, self-]
IPA: /ˈsɛlf pəˈzɛst, ˌsɛlf-/

Self-Possessed is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 303 anagrams from letters in self-possessed (-deeeflopsssss).

Definitions for self-possessed

adjective

  1. having or showing control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composed; poised.

Origin of self-possessed

First recorded in 1830-40

Examples for self-possessed

His movements were graceful and self-possessed, and he had his father's sweetness of voice.

By the late 1980s, the saucy and self-possessed singer had kicked her drug habit and hired a new manager, Lupe De Leon.

Later, when I interviewed Bolotov, a tall, self-possessed man, no apology for the confrontation was offered.

Neither trigger-happy nor hesitant, but steely, self-possessed, and clear-eyed.

Even the more polished, informed, self-possessed Romney seems cursed with an Eddie Haskell air of insincerity and deceitfulness.

The doctor, observant and self-possessed, muttered, "He is very capable of that."

He was too self-possessed, too strongly poised in his own isolation.

She liked the self-possessed manner with which Geraldine greeted her.

Thus did the self-possessed Bunter express himself with great disgust.

The saucy and self-possessed singer had kicked her cocaine drug habit and hired a new manager, Lupe De Leon.

Word Value for self-possessed
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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