Placid
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
placid
adj 1: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy
waves; "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" [syn: {placid}, {quiet},
{still}, {tranquil}, {smooth}, {unruffled}]
2: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone
shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the
repeated delays" [syn: {equable}, {even-tempered}, {good-
tempered}, {placid}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Placid \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.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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