placid
showing lack of energy or concern: It is difficult to understand her relatively placid acceptance of the truth and its impact on her future.Emotions ebbed from anger into placid resignation with the passage of time.
Origin of placid
1synonym study For placid
Other words from placid
- pla·cid·i·ty [pluh-sid-i-tee], /pləˈsɪd ɪ ti/, plac·id·ness [plas-id-nis], /ˈplæs ɪd nɪs/, noun
- plac·id·ly, adverb
- un·plac·id, adjective
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How to use placid in a sentence
They would speak up, but in tones still soft and placid; and Spahn often overheard them describing him as a “beautiful person.”
Ellie Black rouses quietly to consciousness at around 3, her eyes unfocused, mind placid.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death | Patricia Pearson | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnderneath the most placid waters, there are vicious currents and tides, and underwater volcanoes that are constantly erupting.
His face immediately shifted out of the placid, guarded, friendliness of the Scheduled Speaker into ambroad, welcoming smile.
Anthony Lewis’s Cousin Remembers His Kindness to a Young Journalist | Sarah Wildman | March 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd I long for the placid days when all I worried about were jackhammers, Halal carts and clueless tourists on rental bikes.
Fleeing the Dangling ‘Boom of Doom’ Skyscraper Crane atop One57th | Michael Gross | November 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Mrs. Newbolt was looking away toward the hills, a dreamy cast in her placid face.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) OgdenThe baby had thrived; as placid, laughing a little thing as if its mother had never known sorrow.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonFrulein Timm belongs to the single sisterhood, but is one of the fresh and placid kind, and as neat as wax.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThey mostly wore the placid expression of folks engaged in business affairs instead of the worried look of pleasure-seekers.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe old lady glanced up from her work; her placid face wore a look of unusual serenity.
The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie
British Dictionary definitions for placid
/ (ˈplæsɪd) /
having a calm appearance or nature
Origin of placid
1Derived forms of placid
- placidity (pləˈsɪdɪtɪ) or placidness, noun
- placidly, adverb
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