Placid

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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