Serene

Definition: Serene

Serene

Adjective

1. Characterized by absence of emotional agitation; "calm acceptance of the inevitable"; "remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country".

2. Completely clear and fine; "serene skies and a bright blue sea".

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Date "serene" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Literature

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Synonyms: Serene

Content

Unafflicted, unvexed, unmolested, unplagued; serene; at rest, snug, comfortable; in one's element.

Excitability

Easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm; quiet as a mouse; tranquil, serene; cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard; undemonstrative.

Title

Highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; esquire, sir, master, Mr., signor, se$or, Mein Herr, mynheer; your honor, his honor; serene highness; handle to one's name.

Crosswords: Serene

We'll try to stay serene and calm (Who's Next?; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Serene Velocity (1970)

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Books

• Ningun Bicho Clava Un Clavo; Le Mer Estebe Serene (reference)

• Buddhist writings on meditation and daily practice : the serene reflection meditation tradition : including the complete scripture of Brahma's net (reference)

• White Sail: Crossing the Waves of Ocean Mind to the Serene Continent of the Triple Gems (reference)

• Peaceful Body, Quiet Mind: A Healing Program of Curative Images, Positive Affirmations, and Serene Music (reference)

• The Hinge of the World: In Which Professor Galileo Galilei, Chief Mathematician and Philosopher to His Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and (reference)

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Music

• Rasa: Serene Timeless Joy (reference)

• Serene Ecstasy (reference)

• Smashing the Serene (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• SERENE SCREEN AQUARIUM THE (reference)

• SERENE SCREEN MARINE AQUARIUM (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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His Serene Royal Highness Prince Albert of Monaco. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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The High Contracting Parties declare and place on record that they have taken note of the Treaty signed by the Government of the French Republic on July 17, 1918, with His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco defining the relations between France and the Principality ARTICLE 437. (reference)

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A wonderful quietness would decend on the surrounding countryside, peacefull and serene, eminating from this transfigured man. Slowly the dear would approch, step by step, until it was almost nuzzling him, whereupon Ford Prefect would reach out to it and break it's neck

The night was serene.

All serene, Simon, said the old man tranquilly

Commerce is unexpectedly confident and serene, alert, adventurous, and unwearied

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Expressions using "serene": become serene ♦ Drop serene ♦ his serene highness ♦ his serene highness! ♦ serene highness ♦ with a serene look. Additional references.

Ending with "serene": far-from-serene.

Albanian

në paqe (pacifically, peacefully), i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i qartë (apparent, articulate, candid, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, fair, formal, Frank, in focus, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, neat, obvious, open and shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, readable, self evident, simple, tangible, unambiguous, unequivocal, visible, well-defined, well-marked), gjakftohtë (calm, cold blooded, cool, dispassionate, even tempered, impassible, imperturbable, placid, self contained, self possessed, sober-blooded, unflappable). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هادئ (calm, cloistered, composed, cool, dispassionate, easygoing, even, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, peaceable, peaceful, piping, placid, possessed, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, self possessed, sober, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, windless), ‏هدأ البحر, ‏تصفو السماء, ‏تصبح السماء صافية, ‏ساكن هامد (dormant, inanimate, inhabitant, motionless, quiescent, stationary, still), ‏صاف (bright, clear, fair, fine, lucid, net, pellucid, perspicuous, placid, pure, puristic, raw, round, sincere, stark, unclouded), ‏رائق (bright, calm, clear, impassive, limpid, piping, placid, pure). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ясно небе, ясен (articulate, ash, ash-tree, bright, clean-cut, clear, coherent, crystal, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, readable, robust, sharp, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, tangible, transparent, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), спокойно море, тихо море, ведър (bright, placid), ведро небе (azure), ведрина (serenity), безоблачно небе, безоблачен (azure, clear, unclouded). (various references)

Chinese 

安詳 , 安祥 (composed, unruffled). (various references)

Czech

vyrovnaný (balanced, close, composed, equable, even, even tempered, good tempered, secure, self possessed, stable, well balanced), rozvážný (calm, circumspect, collected, deliberate, discreet, politic, responsible, sedate, sober), klidný (calm, collected, composed, cool, easy, halcyon, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, silent, smooth, sober, still, temperate, tranquil, uneventful, unmoved, unperturbed), jasný (bright, broad, cheerful, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, fair, fresh, live, lucid, overt, pellucid, plain, radiant, sheeny, shinny, straight, sunny, unambiguous, unequivocal, vivid). (various references)

Dutch

sereen (untroubled), onbezorgd (untroubled), helder (acute, bright, clean, clear, clearly, distinct, light, obvious, plain, pure, untroubled). (various references)

Esperanto

serena (untroubled). (various references)

Faeroese

reinur (clean, cleanly cut, neat, net, precize, pure, untroubled, virgin, virginal), mildur (gentle, mild, soft, sweet, tender, untroubled), ljósur (bright, clear, light, untroubled). (various references)

Farsi 

متین (Demure, Douce, Placid, Sedate, Sober), متانت (Calmness, Equanimity, Sobriety), ساکت (Acquiescent, Calm, Hush, Imperturbable, Shush, Silent, Still, Whist), صافی (Gloss, Leach, Purity, Scumble, Serenity, Strainer), صاف کردن (Clear, Even, Face, Fine, Hone, Pave, Percolate, Perk, Plane, Sleek, Smooth, Strain, Unwrap, Urbanize), صاف (Clear, Even, Explicit, Flat, Glossy, Limpid, Plain, Plane, Silken, Sleek, Slick, Unruffled), اسمان صاف , ارام (Bland, Calm, Daft, Douce, Gentle, Hush, Imperturbable, Moderate, Pacific, Peaceable, Peaceful, Placid, Quiet, Sedate, Silent, Staid, Taciturn, Tranquil, Unblenched, Unruffled, Whist), روشن (Alight, Alive, Bright, Definite, Diaphanous, Ditinct, Eidetic, Elucidate, Explicit, Express, Intelligible, Legible, Limpid, Lucid, Perspicuous, Set, Shrill, Sunny, Unequivocal, Vivid), بی سروصدا, باز (Again, Goshawk, Hawk, Never&Eless). (various references)

Finnish

seesteinen (bright, clear), sees (bright, clear), tyyni (calm, placid, quiet, tranquil, untroubled). (various references)

French

serein. (various references)

German

heiter (alacritous, amusing, blithe, bright, brightly, buoyant, buoyantly, carefree, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, clear, fair, fine, funny, gay, gayly, genially, glad, happily, happy, humorous, humorously, jocund, jovial, jovially, lighthearted, mellow, merry, mirthful, mirthfully, sanguine, sunny, tranquil, untroubled). (various references)

Greek 

γαλήνιοσ (calm, halcyon, placid, tranquil), γαλήνιος (restful, still, tranquil), ήρεμοσ (calm, collected, composed, dispassionate, even tempered, placid, quiescent, quiet, still, tranquil), ατάραχος (composed, impassive, unruffled). (various references)

Hebrew 

מרומם (elevated, exalted, high, lofty, sublime), שאנן (at ease, calm, carefree, complacent, secure, tranquil), רגוע (at ease, calm, cool, placid, relaxation, relaxed, tranquil, unruffled), צלול (clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, pure). (various references)

Hungarian

derült (clear, fine, unclouded, uncloudy), békés (amicable, civil, harmonious, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiet, tranquil). (various references)

Indonesian

tenang (composed, pacific, peaceful, placid, quiet, staid, still). (various references)

Italian

sereno (articulative, calm, clear, clearly, cloudless, clouldless, light hearted, sheltered, unobscured, yeah). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

清澄 (clear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せいおん (an unvoiced sound, correct Chinesepronunciation of a character, imperial blessings or favor, tone of voice, tranquility, vocal sound), せいろう (basket used for steaming food, brothel, clear, fair, fine, government-labour), せいちょう (adult bird, attention, clear, government office, grow to adulthood, growth, head oarsman, increment, legitimate dynasty, listening quietly, medicine for internal disorders, sexual characteristics, style, tone, traditional tune, tune up). (various references)

Manx

kiune (calm, composed, flat, Halcyon days, pacific, quiescent, still, tranquil). (various references)

Pig Latin

erenesay.(various references)

Portuguese

sereno (calm, canny, composed, cool-headed, dew, even-minded, half-light, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, self-collected, self-possessed, smooth, sober-blooded, staid, stilly, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled, untroubled), calmo (calm, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, douce, even, even-minded, halcyon, half-light, imperturbable, irresponsive, leisurely, mild, noiseless, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, philosophic, philosophical, phlegmatic, placable, placid, plodder, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, sedate, self-collected, sequestered, smooth, sober, sober-blooded, staid, still, stilly, tranquil, uneventful, unprovoked, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled). (various references)

Romanian

senin (azure, broad, calm, clear, cloudless, fair, fine, happy, mild, peace, serenity, shiny, tranquil, unclouded, unruffled), mare liniştitã, luminos (bright, brilliant, candent, cheerful, clear, glorious, glowing, happy, light, lightsome, living, lucent, lucid, luminous), liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled), linişti (abate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, settle, smooth, smooth down, soothe, still), limpede (avowedly, bright, clear, crystal, definite, distinct, evident, expressly, fair, honest, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, manifestly, nakedly, obvious, overt, patently, perspicuous, perspicuously, plain, precise, pure, sheer, sure), clar (apparent, apparently, articulate, banner, bright, broad, clean, clear, clear-cut, clearly, comprehensible, decided, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, explicit, express, fair, flat, formal, Frank, incisive, legible, level headed, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, obviously, palpable, patently, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plainly, precise, pure, simple, sound, tangible, terse, unequivocal, unmistakable), cer senin, calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled). (various references)

Russian 

прозрачный (clear, crystal, crystalline, diaphanous, gauzy, limpid, lucent, lucid, pellucid, sheer, transparent, transpicuous). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

spokojan (calm, even-minded, tranquil, untroubled), smiren (appeased, calm, even tempered, sedate, steady), vedar (cheerful, clear, cloudless, fair, gamesome, light, lighthearted, merry, unclouded), dostojanstven (dignified, majestic). (various references)

Spanish

sereno (calm, clearheaded, composed, cool, easy, fair, lonely, night watchman, nightman, poised, self controlled, self possessed, staid, untroubled, watchman). (various references)

Swedish

lugn (calm, comfortable, comfy, composed, composure, cool, cool-headed, coolness, countenance, dispassionate, ease, easiness, easy, equability, equable, impassive, impassivity, imperturbability, imperturbable, leisurely, low pressure, orderly, peace, peaceful, philosophical, phlegm, placid, quiescence, quiescency, quiescent, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, restful, sedate, self controlled, self possessed, sequestered, serenity, sheltered, sobriety, tranquil, tranquility, tranquillity, undisturbed, unhurried, unruffled), fridfull (halcyon, peaceful, placid, tranquil). (various references)

Thai

สงบนิ่ง (equable, lull), ปลอดโปร่ง. (various references)

Turkish

sakin (airless, calm, citizen, comfortable, composed, composedly, dispassionate, domicilled, dweller, equal, even, even tempered, habitant, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, in repose, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, laidback, local, nerveless, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, philosophical, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, resident, sedate, smooth, steady, still, tenant, tranquil, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled), yüce (almighty, big, elevated, eminent, exalted, great-hearted, high, honorable, honourable, lofty, magnanimous, noble, paramount, sacrosanct, soaring, sovereign, spheric, stately, sublime, supreme, towering), rahat (at ease, at rest, cavalier, comfort, comfortable, comfy, complacent, composure, cosy, cushioned, cushy, ease, easy, facile, leisure, luxurious, peace, rest, restful, snug, unconstrained, unconventional, undisturbed, unembarassed, untroubled), huzurlu (calm, easy, peaceful, quiet, reposeful, restful, tranquil), durgun (airless, bovine, calm, depressed, ditch water, ditchwater, flat, halcyon, in the doldrums, inactive, languid, lifeless, placid, quiescent, quiet, settled, slack, sleepy, stagnant, standing, static, still, stock-still, tranquil, unruffled, untroubled, windless), berrak (bright, brillant, clear, crystalline, distinct, just, limpid, liquid, lucent, lucid, obvious, pellucid, plain, silvery, speaking, unclouded), açik (above-board, absence, bright, clear, clearly, deficiency, deficit, distinct, free, lack, light, obvious, of course, open, plain, shortage, shortcoming, sincere, unbiased, unchecked, untroubled, vacant), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references)

Ukrainian

спокій (balance, calm, calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, ease, easiness, impassivity, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, requiescence, rest, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity), безхмарне небо, безхмарний (cloudless, unclouded, unshadowed), безтурботний (carefree, careless, cavalier, devil may care, easygoing, effortless, gay, happy go lucky, heedless, inadvertent, jaunty, light hearted, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, placid, rollicking, unconcerned, watchless). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sáng sủa (clearly, cloudless, light), vùng trời trong xanh, vùng trời quang mây tạnh vùng biển lặng, trong (clear, in, limpid, pellucid, pure), phải (correct, dexter, fair, off, right, rightly, yes, yeses), Đức, được (about, all right, o.k., yes, yeses). (various references)

Welsh

araul (sunlit, sunny). (various references)

sereno, serenum, serenus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "serene": serenely, sereneness, serenenesses, serener, serenes, serenest. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Serene" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bersenev, cerene, deerne, Derenne, erence, Esene, eserine, espereme, ferrene, Saranne, sarcenet, sareen, saren, sarene, sarin, sarine, sarsenet, Saxene, screne, searne, Sebenik, Sebrand, seen'em, Seleena, Seleni, Semence, senere, seran, Serana, serance, sereen, Serein, serele, seren, Sereni, sereno, serenos, Sereny, serere, serien, serin, seringe, serne, Seron, Serono, Serote, serran, serranid, serree, Serrone, serrure, sevene, sheren, sierbein, soren, sorne, sren, srene, Strenewe, sureen, surine, Vedrenne, Ziranek. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: reseen.

-1 letter: ernes, resee, sneer.

-2 letters: erne, erns, rees, seen, seer, sene, sere.

-3 letters: ens, ere, ern, ers, nee, ree, res, see, sen, ser.

-4 letters: en, er, es, ne, re.

+1 letter: entrees, eserine, eveners, keeners, needers, reneges, retenes, serener, serenes, sneered, sneerer, sneezer, teeners, veneers.

+2 letters: bescreen, eeriness, emenders, endorsee, energies, energise, enfevers, enserfed, ensphere, enterers, enureses, epergnes, eserines, eternise, externes, foreseen, freeness, greenest, greenies, kerosene, kneelers, needlers, nereides, nereises, newsreel, overseen, preeners, prepense, presence, preteens, pretense, redenies, reenters, refences, regreens, renegers, renested, renewers, rescreen, reseeing, resented, revenges, revenues, screened, screener, secerned, serenade, serenate, serenely, serenest, sheenier, sneerers, sneezers, sneezier, teensier, terpenes, terreens, terrenes, unreeves, veneries, versemen, weensier, yestreen.