relaxed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈlækst/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From relax + -ed, originally after Latin relaxātus.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Made slack or feeble; weak, soft.
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 […].
1790, James Boswell, edited by Marlies K. Danziger and Frank Brady, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 54:
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Made more lenient; less strict; lax.
I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit.
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Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.
He's a relaxed kind of guy, he never lets himself get upset.
Even so, this delightful station is well worth a visit, - either to admire the architecture, sip a coffee from the shop, or just soak up the relaxed atmosphere of the area and watch the birds and other wildlife on the shores right outside the station.
2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28:Students and faculty members lunch at the cafeteria and naturally communicate freely with one another in a relaxed and informal setting.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
- Without physical tension; in a state of equilibrium.
- Of a muscle: soft, not tensed.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more relaxed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most relaxed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
relaxed education · relaxedly · unrelaxed · relaxedness · nonrelaxed
Synonyms
soft · relaxed · placid · wanton · permissive · level-headed · easygoing · unconcerned · phlegmatic · loose · peaceful · even-minded · nonchalant · equanimous · collected · easygoing · happy-go-lucky · laid-back · lenient · serene · loose-handed · leisurely · undisturbed · lax · at ease · quiescent · relaxed · clement · pococurante · relaxed · untumultuous · imperturbable · insouciant · unperturbable · lighthearted · remissful · safe · easygoing · offhand · calm · tranquil · untroubled · pacate · unbothered · indulgent · forbearing · carefree · permissible · unworried · devil-may-care · serene · unflustered · unconcerned · unanxious · unruffled · at peace · easygoing · steady · careless · soft-handed · composed · cool · laid-back · cool-headed · quiet · chill · airy · mellow · peaceable · roolie · unexcited · even-tempered · unruffled · mellow · tranquil · laid-back · soft-handed · casual · pacific · unruffable · indifferent · equanimitable · unfazed · easy-breezy · unflappable · solute · equable · clement · still · sedate · even-keeled
Translations (39)
sl sproščen (having an easy-going mood) · uk розсла́блений (having an easy-going mood) · mi aumoe (free from tension or anxiety, at ease) · la remissus (having an easy-going mood) · fi rento (having an easy-going mood) · fr détendu (having an easy-going mood) · mi parohe (having an easy-going mood) · cmn 散逸 (having an easy-going mood) · pl rozluźniony (having an easy-going mood) · ja くつろいだ (having an easy-going mood) · ro relaxat (having an easy-going mood) · es relajado (having an easy-going mood) · la remissus (free from tension or anxiety, at ease) · nl rustig (having an easy-going mood) · cmn 輕鬆 /轻松 (having an easy-going mood) · es tranquilo (having an easy-going mood) · mi aumoe (having an easy-going mood) · cs uvolněný (having an easy-going mood) · ca relaxat (having an easy-going mood) · de locker (having an easy-going mood) · mi pāroherohe (having an easy-going mood) · la mītis (having an easy-going mood) · nb avslappet (having an easy-going mood) · ja リラックスした (having an easy-going mood) · mi hūmārie (having an easy-going mood) · ru рассла́бленный (having an easy-going mood) · nb avslappet (free from tension or anxiety, at ease) · id santai (having an easy-going mood) · be рассла́блены (having an easy-going mood) · pl zrelaksowany (having an easy-going mood) · grc ἄνετος (free from tension or anxiety, at ease) · de entspannt (having an easy-going mood) · ain ラッチ (having an easy-going mood) · pt tranquilo (having an easy-going mood) · ca distès (free from tension or anxiety, at ease) · mi pārore (free from tension or anxiety, at ease) · de entspannt (free from tension or anxiety, at ease) · nl kalm (having an easy-going mood) · bg отпу́снат (having an easy-going mood)