Placid vs Dreary - What's the difference?
placid | dreary |
calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
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(obsolete) Grievous, dire; appalling.
Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
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As adjectives the difference between placid and dreary
is that placid is serene; calm while dreary is (obsolete) grievous, dire; appalling.placid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a placid disposition
- a placid lake
Derived terms
* placidness * placiditydreary
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.
- Once upon a midnight dreary , while I pondered, weak and weary...
- It was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.