Betekenis van:
placid

placid
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • niet druk
  • (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
"a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"

Synoniemen

placid
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • bewegend; niet in beweging
  • (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
"a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

placid
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • stabiel; van karakter
  • not easily irritated
"not everyone shared his placid temperament"
"remained placid despite the repeated delays"

Synoniemen


Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. The owner replied to his questions with a placid indifference.
  2. Now that he's retired, Yves can look forward to a contented and placid life.
  3. The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. 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. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
  4. It is reported that the more frequent the interaction, the more placid the animal will become, and this interaction should be continued through into adult life.
  5. Daily handling during this sensitive stage of development is a prerequisite for the social behaviour of the adult ferret. It is reported that the more frequent the interaction, the more placid the animal will become, and this interaction should be continued through into adult life.