About The Word Placid
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Placid
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What's The Definition Of Placid?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Placid: calm | content(p) | contented | easygoing | equable | even-tempered | good-natured | good-tempered | quiet | still | tranquil | uneventful | unruffled Related Terms | Find terms related to Placid: 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 See Also | Placid In Webster's Dictionary \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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