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3 staidness staid·ness n
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['stʌfɪ]1) [room, atmosphere] soffocante2) (staid) [person, remark] compassato* * *1) ((of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air: Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?) soffocante2) (formal and dull: Must we visit those stuffy people?) ottuso•- stuffily- stuffiness* * *stuffy /ˈstʌfɪ/a.1 senz'aria; mal ventilato; che sa di rinchiuso; soffocante: a stuffy room, una stanza che sa di rinchiuso; DIALOGO → - Taking a seat in a restaurant- It's a bit stuffy in here, si soffoca qui dentro2 ( del naso) chiuso, intasato; ( di una persona) raffreddato; col naso intasato: DIALOGO → - Feeling ill- Have you got a stuffy nose?, hai il naso chiuso?3 (fam.) antiquato; ottuso; di mente ristretta; di idee arretrate4 (fam. antiq.) borioso; pieno di sé● stuffy air, aria viziata □ to smell stuffy, saper di rinchiuso.* * *['stʌfɪ]1) [room, atmosphere] soffocante2) (staid) [person, remark] compassato -
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См. также в других словарях:
staid — [ steıd ] adjective serious and rather boring: rather staid medical journals He projects a staid, aloof image. ╾ staid|ly adverb ╾ staid|ness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Staid — Staid, a. [From {Stay} to stop.] Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty, or fanciful. Sober and staid persons. Addison. [1913 Webster] O erlaid with black, staid Wisdom s hue. Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn:… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
staid — staid·ly; staid·ness; un·staid; staid; … English syllables
staid´ly — staid «stayd», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. having a settled, quiet character; sober; sedate: »We think of the Puritans as staid people. SYNONYM(S): grave, serious, steady, composed. 2. settled; unchanging; … Useful english dictionary
Staid — (st[=a]d), imp. & p. p. of {Stay}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
staid — [steıd] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the past participle of stay] serious, old fashioned, and boring ▪ a staid old bachelor … Dictionary of contemporary English
staid — index earnest, phlegmatic, solemn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
staid — (adj.) 1540s, fixed, permanent, adjectival use of stayed, pp. of STAY (Cf. stay) (v.). Meaning sober, sedate first recorded 1550s … Etymology dictionary
staid — sedate, grave, *serious, somber, sober, earnest Analogous words: *decorous, decent, seemly: *cool, collected, composed: smug, priggish, self complacent, *complacent Antonyms: jaunty … New Dictionary of Synonyms
staid — [adj] restrained, set calm, cold sober*, collected, composed, cool, decorous, demure, dignified, earnest, formal, grave, no nonsense*, quiet, sedate, self restrained, serious, settled, sober, solemn, somber, starchy, steady, stuffy, weighty;… … New thesaurus
staid — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ respectable and unadventurous. ORIGIN archaic past participle of STAY(Cf. ↑stayer) … English terms dictionary
