Relaxed

//ɹɪˈlækst// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of relax form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Made slack or feeble; weak, soft. obsolete

    "It was a very wet morning. I woke relaxed and melancholy as in the country, and walked about an hour under cover, in the middle of the town […]."

  2. 2
    Made more lenient; less strict; lax.

    "The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit."

  3. 3
    Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.

    "He's a relaxed kind of guy, he never lets himself get upset."

  4. 4
    Without physical tension; in a state of equilibrium.
  5. 5
    Of a muscle: soft, not tensed.
Adjective
  1. 1
    without strain or anxiety wordnet

Synonyms

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calmdegageunstrainedaffableairyambling

Example

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"How can I feel relaxed, with you watching me like that?"

Etymology

From relax + -ed, originally after Latin relaxātus.

Related phrases

relaxed educationeasy going

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