relaxed

A2
US /ɹɪˈlækst/
adj verb Freq #5748

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    without strain or anxiety

    gave the impression of being quite relaxed

  2. 2
    adj

    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 […].

  3. 3
    adj

    Made more lenient; less strict; lax.

    The relaxed rules were greatly tightened after the lawsuit.

  4. 4
    adj

    Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.

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

  5. 5
    adj

    Without physical tension; in a state of equilibrium.

  6. 6
    adj

    Of a muscle: soft, not tensed.

  7. 7
    verb

    simple past and past participle of relax

Etymology

From relax + -ed, originally after Latin relaxātus.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · made more lenient; less... clementeasygoingforbearingindulgentlaxlenientloose-handedpermissiblepermissiverelaxedremissfulsafe
4 adj · free from tension or... airyat easeat peacecalmcarefreecarelesscasualchillcollectedcomposedcoolcool-headed
Word family
Derived forms nonrelaxedrelaxedlyrelaxednessunrelaxed

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