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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
placid
adj 1: 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" [syn: quiet, still, tranquil, 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]
3: without untoward incident or disruption; "a placid
existence"; "quiet times" [syn: quiet]
4: taking life easy; "an easygoing man rarely stirred to
anger"; "an air of placid sufficiency" [syn: easygoing]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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