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The word of the day is ‘staid’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Restrained
2. Sedate
3. Respectable and unadventurous.
4. Sombre
1. Janaya’s boyfriend is a staid accountant who never wants to go out with us on weekdays.
2. There are some compensations, after all, in the life of a staid old painter.
3. The staid trail guides expertly navigated the group of terrified hikers to safety.
4. I noted the tribute to the staid painter and nodded approvingly.
5. Some of the latter are very staid, others flippant enough; most are single women.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
decorous, dignified, sedate, sober, solemn, somber, stuffy, calm, cold sober, collected, composed, cool, demure, earnest, formal, grave, no-nonsense, quiet, self-restrained, serious, settled, starchy, steady, weighty, respectable, serious-minded, conventional, traditional, unadventurous, unenterprising, set in one’s ways, proper, decorous, prim, prissy, starchy, uptight, stick-in-the-mud etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
excited, indecorous, adventurous, frivolous, fun, sporting, willing, daring, informal
Quotation:
If you have a sense of irony or humour, you’re usually cut down, as you’re usually distorted or misinterpreted. So it does lead to us being slightly more dour and staid and predictable than would otherwise be the case, which I personally find quite frustrating – because if you don’t laugh occasionally in my job, you cry most of the time.
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