longanimous

Thân thiện

The judge remained longanimous despite the defendant's repeated outbursts.

Definition

1. Adjective: Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment.

Usage

The word "longanimous" is a formal adjective used to describe a person's character or behavior. It emphasizes a profound, enduring patience and forbearance, especially when faced with prolonged difficulty, provocation, or suffering. It implies a strength of mind that chooses not to react with anger or haste.

Examples

• The community leader was longanimous in the face of constant criticism, always responding with calm reason.
• Her longanimous nature was tested during the years of hardship, yet she never complained.
• The monk's longanimous acceptance of his fate was an inspiration to all.

Advanced Usage

• "To be longanimous toward someone/something": To show enduring patience and forbearance directed at a specific source of adversity.
  • He remained longanimous toward his detractors, refusing to engage in public disputes.

Variants and Related Words

• Longanimity (noun): The quality of being longanimous; patient endurance.
  • Her longanimity in the face of such trials was remarkable.

Synonyms

• Forbearing: Patient and restrained.
• Stoical: Enduring pain or hardship without showing feelings or complaining.
• Patient: Able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.

Antonyms

• Impatient: Having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked.
• Intolerant: Not willing to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own.
• Short-tempered: Easily angered.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment
   • seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression
   • was longanimous in the face of suffering

Từ đồng nghĩa

• forbearing