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staid
staidsober and sedate; characterized by dignity and propriety: a staid professor
Not to be confused with:stayed – continuing or remaining in a place; a judicial order forbidding an action until the order is lifted: stayed the executionstaid S0696500 (stād)adj.1. Characterized by sedateness and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; serious and conventional.2. Fixed; permanent: "There is nothing settled, nothing staid in this universe" (Virginia Woolf).
[From obsolete staid, past participle of stay.]
staid′ly adv.staid′ness n.staid (steɪd) adj1. of a settled, sedate, and steady character2. rare permanent[C16: obsolete past participle of stay1] ˈstaidly adv ˈstaidness nstaid (steɪd)
adj. 1. of decorous, sedate, or solemn character. 2. fixed, settled, or permanent. v. 3. Archaic. a pt. and pp. of stay 1. staid′ly, adv. staid′ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | staid - characterized by dignity and proprietysedatedecorous - characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme" |
staidadjective sedate, serious, sober, quiet, calm, grave, steady, composed, solemn, demure, decorous, self-restrained, set in your ways a staid country doctor
wild, lively, exuberant, adventurous, rowdy, giddy, capricious, flighty, demonstrative, indecorous, sportivestaidadjectiveFull of or marked by dignity and seriousness:earnest, grave, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, somber.Translationsstaid (steid) adjective (over-)serious or old-fashioned. A person of staid appearance/habits. 老式的，保守的 老式的，保守的 staid
Related to staid: stayedSynonyms for staidadj sedateSynonyms- sedate
- serious
- sober
- quiet
- calm
- grave
- steady
- composed
- solemn
- demure
- decorous
- self-restrained
- set in your ways
Antonyms- wild
- lively
- exuberant
- adventurous
- rowdy
- giddy
- capricious
- flighty
- demonstrative
- indecorous
- sportive
Synonyms for staidadj full of or marked by dignity and seriousnessSynonyms- earnest
- grave
- sedate
- serious
- sober
- solemn
- somber
Synonyms for staidadj characterized by dignity and proprietySynonymsRelated Words |