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 [steɪd]

adj

1. of a settled, sedate, and steady character

2. Now rare permanent

[obsolete past participle of stay¹]

staidly  adv

staidness  n

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 a staid country doctor
wild, lively, exuberant, adventurous, rowdy, giddy, capricious, flighty, demonstrative, indecorous, sportive

Translations

staid [steɪd] ADJ [person] → serio; [clothes] → sobrio, serio

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staid [ˈsteɪd] adj (= dull) [person] → terne; [place] → banal(e); [image] → terne

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staid

adj (+er) → seriös, gesetzt; community → respektabel; place, product → seriös; colour → gedeckt

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staid [steɪd] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) → compassato/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 침착한 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