coolness

noun

Definition of coolnessnext
1
as in composure
evenness of emotions or temper his coolness under pressure makes him everyone's first choice to head a project with an ironclad deadline

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2
as in elegance
the quality or state of being fashionable the coolness of their clothes is something that high schoolers tend to obsess over

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  1. composure
  2. elegance
  3. hipness
  4. style
  5. hip
  6. cool
Noun
  • Stay calm, maintain composure and do your best to get through tough situations.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • These videos make clear Maddow struggled to keep her composure while covering a report from The Associated Press about shelters for children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border during Trump's first presidential term.
    Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of composure
Noun
  • Experience the elegance of a traditional Victorian afternoon tea with samplings, etiquette lessons, and a mansion tour.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Show off your taper candles with elegance, thanks to these candle holders that come in a set of three.
    Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of elegance
Noun
  • Partisanship and hipness seemed, ever so briefly, compatible.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
  • But there’s not a smack of hipness here, and Jalali is not on a quest for cool.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
Definition of hipness
Noun
  • Office Christmas party Monster truck rally commercial style gets applied to the tropes of the corporate holiday party.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2024
  • One of the biggest things that shaped Rivera’s success and style as a head coach is his military upbringing, due to being the son of a U.S. Army Warrant Officer.
    DJ Siddiqi, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of style
Noun
  • In his office, Posen has now pinned the denim fabric around the hips, folding each corner like origami.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • There's no good reason to shoot from the hip with so much at stake.
    Kristin McKenna, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of hip
Noun
  • Graham lost his cool, grabbed a baseball bat from his car and confronted Feliciano.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The style and creativity of his play mirrored hip-hop’s rebellious and self-defining sense of cool.
    Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of cool
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coolness

cool (off or down)

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