grace under pressure
Poise during crisis
Composure and dignity maintained during crisis or stress.
The phrase suggests not merely enduring difficulty but doing so with poise—keeping one's head when others might panic or crumble.
She showed remarkable grace under pressure during the emergency.
Often treated as a defining quality of character or leadership.
- composureEmotional self-control
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- calmFree from agitation
- cool as a cucumberExtremely calm and composed
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
resilience · cool-headed · unflappable · stoic · stiff upper lip · nerves · nerves of steel · steel · dignity · fortitude · steady · steady hand · collected · equanimity · holding it together · backbone · grit · mettle
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
- HemingwaySantiago, Nobel Prize, Key West, Cuba, brevity
- calming phrasesstay calm, calm down, relax, keep your cool, take it easy
- composurecalm, calmness, composure, composed, poise
- fortitudefortitude, mental fortitude, grit, resolve, tenacity
- inner strengthresilience, fortitude, mental toughness, grit, mental fortitude
grace under pressurepanic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
meltdown · falling apart · nervous breakdown · hysteria · coming unglued
grace under pressurechoking
Blocked airway condition
folding · crumbling · freezing up · paralysis · floundering
grace under pressuremoral collapse
Abandonment of ethical standards
showing one's true colors · turning tail · spinelessness · cravenness · cutting and running
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