staid

staid  (std)

adj.

1. Characterized by sedate dignity and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; sober. See Synonyms at serious.

2. Fixed; permanent: "There is nothing settled, nothing staid in this universe" (Virginia Woolf).

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[From obsolete staid, past participle of stay.]

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staidly adv.

staidness n.

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staid

Adjective

serious, rather dull, and old-fashioned in behaviour or appearance [obsolete past participle of stay]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

staid - characterized by dignity and propriety sedate decorous - characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"

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staid

adjective sedate, serious, sober, quiet, calm, grave, steady, composed, solemn, demure, decorous, self-restrained, set in your ways << OPPOSITE wild

Translations

staid [steɪd] adj [clothes] → serio, formal

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staid [steɪd] adj → posé(e) → rassis(e)

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staid [steɪd] adj → gesetzt

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staid [steɪd] adj → posato/a, serio/a

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staid

adj staid [steid]

(over-)serious or old-fashioned A person of staid appearance/habits. outydse رَزين، رَصين، وَقور улегнал usedlý sat; adstadig seriös σοβαρός, συντηρητικός vanameelne, alalhoidlik جدي و متين vanhoillinen posé, sérieux מְיוּשַב गंभीर ozbiljan, staložen higgadt agung settlegur; alvarlegur posato, serio 落ち着いた 진지한; 낡은, 구식의 rimtas, senamadiškas nosvērts; izturēts; vecmodīgs fesyen lama bezadigd satt, adstadig poważny, staroświecki sério afectat, pedant степенный vážny; staromódny, usadlý, uvážlivý resen staložen lugn, stadgad ที่เงียบขรึม ağırbaşlı 穩重的，老式的，[]保守的 статечний; старомодний سنجیدہ trầm tính, ù lì 稳重的，老式的