Meaning of PLACID
| Pronunciation: | | 'plasid
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- [adj] free from disturbance; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"
- [adj] taking life easy; "an easygoing man rarely stirred to anger"; "an air of placid sufficiency"
- [adj] without untoward incident or disruption; "a placid existence"; "quiet times"
- [adj] not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays"
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| | Synonyms: | | calm, content(p), contented, easygoing, equable, even-tempered, good-natured, good-tempered, quiet, still, tranquil, uneventful, unruffled |
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| | Definition: | | \Plac"id\, a. [L. placidus, originally, pleasing, mild,
from placere to please: cf. F. placide. See {Please}.]
Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful;
tranquil; quiet; gentle. ``That placid aspect and meek
regard.'' --Milton. ``Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of
infancy.'' --Macaulay.
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| | Related Terms: | | affliction, at rest, bane, besetment, bother, botheration, calm, cloistered, collected, composed, cool, coolheaded, curse, detached, disease, dwindling, easy, easygoing, ebbing, epidemic, even-tenored, exasperation, halcyon, hushed, impassive, inexcitable, infestation, invasion, irenic, irritant, isolated, moldering, nuisance, outbreak, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, pes, pest, pestilence, philosophical, plague, poised, quiescent, quiet, rash, ravage, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, scourge, secluded, self-possessed, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, smooth, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, tranquil, unagitated, undisturbed, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning |
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