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serene

[suh-reen]

adjective

  1. calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled.

    a serene landscape;

    serene old age.

    Antonyms: disturbed
  2. clear; fair.

    serene weather.

    Synonyms: unclouded
    Antonyms: clouded
  3. Usually Serene most high or august (used as a royal epithet, usually preceded by his, your, etc.).

    His Serene Highness.



noun

  1. serenity; tranquility.

    the serene of early morning at the lake.

  2. Archaic.,  a clear or tranquil expanse of sea or sky.

serene

/ sɪˈriːn /

adjective

  1. peaceful or tranquil; calm

  2. clear or bright

    a serene sky

  3. (often capital) honoured: used as part of certain royal titles

    His Serene Highness

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Other Word Forms

  • serenely adverb
  • sereneness noun
  • overserene adjective
  • overserenely adverb
  • unserene adjective
  • unserenely adverb
  • unsereneness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of serene1

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English, from Old French serein and Latin serēnus (of the sky, weather) “clear, unclouded”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of serene1

C16: from Latin serēnus
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Example Sentences

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There was color in her cheeks and a serene expression on her face.

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The ringing and yelling continued until Mrs. Clarke arrived, not flustered and panting as she usually would be, but in her own time and with a serene expression on her face.

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Now, when he gets painful kidney stones, Gutierrez avoids the overcrowded and chaotic emergency room and heads to Sollis’ serene facility on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

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But four months later she defended her Melbourne title in serene fashion, losing just 31 games overall.

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On Wednesday night, Rosalia reappeared in more serene form at a listening party at Barcelona's Museum of Contemporary Art.

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