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comportment
What does comportment mean?
comportment (noun): deportment, bearing.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce comportment?
/kəmˈpɔɹtmənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does comportment come from?
From Late Middle French comportement.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to comportment
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “comportment” mean?
contempt or disdain
Not quite: that's what scorn means.
a difficult problem
Not quite: that's what conundrum means.
the failure to obey
Not quite: that's what disobedience means.
deportment, bearing
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