Placid
adjective
Calm, peaceful or not very active.
He is a very placid person who never gets angry
Often appears as...
- placid waters
- placid demeanor
adjective
A lake or river that has calm, smooth surface.
The placid lake mirrored the sky
Often appears as...
- placid lake
- placid stream
adjective
Expressing calmness or satisfaction.
He had a placid smile on his face after finishing his work
Often appears as...
- placid smile
- placid expression
adjective
Calm, peaceful or not very active.
He is a very placid person who never gets angry
Often appears as...
- placid waters
- placid demeanor
adjective
A lake or river that has calm, smooth surface.
The placid lake mirrored the sky
Often appears as...
- placid lake
- placid stream
adjective
Expressing calmness or satisfaction.
He had a placid smile on his face after finishing his work
Often appears as...
- placid smile
- placid expression
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Non-Reactiveness
It can describe someone who stays calm and doesn't respond to provocation.
Despite the heated debate, her placid nature kept the conversation civil.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Stability
Implies emotional control and often seen as a positive trait.
His placid demeanor during the crisis reassured everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Mistaken for Indifference
Can sometimes be mistaken for lack of interest or enthusiasm.
Her placid response to the news puzzled her friends who expected more excitement.
Pro Tip 1/3Non-Reactiveness
It can describe someone who stays calm and doesn't respond to provocation.
Despite the heated debate, her placid nature kept the conversation civil.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Stability
Implies emotional control and often seen as a positive trait.
His placid demeanor during the crisis reassured everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Mistaken for Indifference
Can sometimes be mistaken for lack of interest or enthusiasm.
Her placid response to the news puzzled her friends who expected more excitement.
Pro Tip 1/3Non-Reactiveness
It can describe someone who stays calm and doesn't respond to provocation.
Despite the heated debate, her placid nature kept the conversation civil.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Stability
Implies emotional control and often seen as a positive trait.
His placid demeanor during the crisis reassured everyone.
Pro Tip 3/3Mistaken for Indifference
Can sometimes be mistaken for lack of interest or enthusiasm.
Her placid response to the news puzzled her friends who expected more excitement.
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Do Rhinos Eat People? PIPE...
It tends to be why you see more white rhinos in safari parks much less likely to charge at cars. The white rhino and the great one horned rhino are a lot more kind of laidback placid species, whereas the black rhino is really feisty, you know, charge a lot more.
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for being slow-moving and placid creatures. When they do strike, they hold onto their rodent prey while the venom takes effect, then quickly swallow it down. At this point, you may be worrying about our guide— but never fear,
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A librarian's case...
impassive, sluggish, lethargic, placid, calm, mellow, laid-back and, well, slothful! I am relaxed and tranquil, and I like to live in peace. But I am not lazy.' Then the sloth yawned and said, 'That's just how I am.
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The 4 a.m. mystery PIPE...
For a time that I find to be the most placid and uneventful hour of the day, four in the morning sure gets an awful lot of bad press -- across a lot of different media from a lot of big names.
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Eagle vs. Sea Snake PIPE...
this little chunk of limestone plays host to hundreds of sea snakes it's placid right now but don't be fooled these snakes have come ashore to breed and tonight the competition on this
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Magnificent Whale...
minky whales make their way into these placid waters in summer this is the most abundant whale in the southern ocean minkies are one of the smallest of all
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Elephant Twins Escape...
And it can attract bulls from far and wide. Normally placid males try to get close to a female in oestrus. And that can cause chaos.
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The Blue Planet...
minky whales make their way into these placid waters in summer this is the most abundant whale in the southern ocean
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Whales And Seals Devour...
minke whales make their way into these placid waters in summer this is the most abundant whale in the southern ocean
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
minky whales make their way into these placid waters in summer
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Do Rhinos Eat People? PIPE...
It tends to be why you see more white rhinos in safari parks much less likely to charge at cars. The white rhino and the great one horned rhino are a lot more kind of laidback placid species, whereas the black rhino is really feisty, you know, charge a lot more.
Video examples
Watch this if you're...
for being slow-moving and placid creatures. When they do strike, they hold onto their rodent prey while the venom takes effect, then quickly swallow it down. At this point, you may be worrying about our guide— but never fear,
Video examples
A librarian's case...
impassive, sluggish, lethargic, placid, calm, mellow, laid-back and, well, slothful! I am relaxed and tranquil, and I like to live in peace. But I am not lazy.' Then the sloth yawned and said, 'That's just how I am.
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The 4 a.m. mystery PIPE...
For a time that I find to be the most placid and uneventful hour of the day, four in the morning sure gets an awful lot of bad press -- across a lot of different media from a lot of big names.
Video examples
Eagle vs. Sea Snake PIPE...
this little chunk of limestone plays host to hundreds of sea snakes it's placid right now but don't be fooled these snakes have come ashore to breed and tonight the competition on this
Video examples
Magnificent Whale...
minky whales make their way into these placid waters in summer this is the most abundant whale in the southern ocean minkies are one of the smallest of all
Video examples
Elephant Twins Escape...
And it can attract bulls from far and wide. Normally placid males try to get close to a female in oestrus. And that can cause chaos.
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
minky whales make their way into these placid waters in summer this is the most abundant whale in the southern ocean
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Whales And Seals Devour...
minke whales make their way into these placid waters in summer this is the most abundant whale in the southern ocean
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
minky whales make their way into these placid waters in summer
Example 1 of 10
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Things go bad after a divorce and often stay that way. It is rare for the parties to return placidly to a time before they met. A bitterness lingers on. Those who call this our Independence Day, fantasising of returning to a never-never time before they married, when they were free, easy, single, and master of their fate, are delusional.
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Alan W. Livingston
American Businessman
My father was placid and easygoing. He owned a small shoe store where I helped out on Saturdays. I think he'd have been pleased if I'd made a career of working in the shoe store. But my mother was ambitious. She encouraged us to read books, and she pushed us toward a musical education.
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Ellen Burstyn
American Actress
All of my life I have asked the question, 'Who would I be if I had grown up in a loving home?' And I have no way to answer it. I don't know if I would be placid and satisfied with whatever is around me - a happy, jolly, sedentary person.
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Josh Hamilton
American Actor
The whole idea of the suburbs was to create these family-friendly places where people could flock and have more control over their existences, and keep things very controlled and placid and keep outside forces at bay.
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Lytton Strachey
English Critic
Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.
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Dawn Powell
American Writer
Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
American Aviator
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.
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Patti Page
American Musician
My music was called plastic, antiseptic, placid.
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Juan Guaido
Venezuelan Politician
I sleep placidly.
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Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Things go bad after a divorce and often stay that way. It is rare for the parties to return placidly to a time before they met. A bitterness lingers on. Those who call this our Independence Day, fantasising of returning to a never-never time before they married, when they were free, easy, single, and master of their fate, are delusional.
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Alan W. Livingston
American Businessman
My father was placid and easygoing. He owned a small shoe store where I helped out on Saturdays. I think he'd have been pleased if I'd made a career of working in the shoe store. But my mother was ambitious. She encouraged us to read books, and she pushed us toward a musical education.
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Ellen Burstyn
American Actress
All of my life I have asked the question, 'Who would I be if I had grown up in a loving home?' And I have no way to answer it. I don't know if I would be placid and satisfied with whatever is around me - a happy, jolly, sedentary person.
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Josh Hamilton
American Actor
The whole idea of the suburbs was to create these family-friendly places where people could flock and have more control over their existences, and keep things very controlled and placid and keep outside forces at bay.
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Lytton Strachey
English Critic
Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.
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Dawn Powell
American Writer
Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
American Aviator
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.
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Patti Page
American Musician
My music was called plastic, antiseptic, placid.
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Juan Guaido
Venezuelan Politician
I sleep placidly.
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