Serene

/səˈɹi(ː)n/ · adjective

Meaning

Calm, peaceful, unruffled..

Definitions by Sense

1. Calm, peaceful, unruffled.
2. Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
3. (archaic) Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
4. Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence.
5. (transitive) To make serene.
6. (poetic) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
7. A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.

Example Sentences

She looked at her students with joviality and a serene mentality.

Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

I took train and reached Wichita, where my active partner was awaiting me. He had just returned from the Medicine River, and reported everything serene.

Now ſleeping flocks on their ſoft fleeces lie, / The moon, ſerene in glory, mounts the sky, […]

Full many a gem of pureſt ray ſerene / The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: […]

A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.

Her Serene Highness

The Hoary Froſts, and Northern Blaſts take care / Thy muddy Bev'rage to ſerene, and drive / Præcipitant the baſer, ropy Lees.

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Word Forms

• more serene
• serener
• most serene
• serenest
• serenes
• serening
• serened
• serein
• serena

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