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staid
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  1. staid
  2. stay

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Definition of STAID

past and past participle of stay

1staid

adjective \ˈstād\

Definition of STAID

: marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober, grave
— staid·ly adverb
— staid·ness noun
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Examples of STAID

  1. a staid and solemn businessman
  2. <everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professor>

Origin of STAID

from past participle of 3stay
First Known Use: 1557

Related to STAID

Synonyms
earnest, grave, humorless, no-nonsense, po-faced [British], sedate, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, serious, uncomic, unsmiling, weighty
Antonyms
facetious, flip, flippant, humorous, jesting, jocular, joking, kittenish, ludic, playful
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Rhymes with STAID

Ade, aid, aide, blade, braid, cade, clade, fade, glade, grade, jade, lade, made, maid, paid, raid, rayed, shade, spade, stade, suede, trade, wade

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