staid
[adjective]
Synonyms: sedate, calm, composed, grave, serious, sober, solemn, steady

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Antonyms: unstaid
Contrasted words: breezy, devil-may-care, easy, frivolous, debonair, jaunty, playful, sportive, hoydenish, rakish, fresh, irreverent, uncontrolled, unrestrained
Related Words: decorous, formal, collected, composed, cool, priggish, smug, starchy, stuffy

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staid /steɪd/ adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: From the past participle of stay]
serious, old-fashioned, and boring:
a staid old bachelor

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staid
adj.
VERBS be, feel, look, seem | become, get, grow He had grown staid and dull.
ADV. positively, very The locals were a very staid lot.
rather a rather staid and old-fashioned hotel

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