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9 definitions found for unruffled
Unruffled UNRUF'FLED, a.
unruffled adj 1: free from emotional agitation or nervous tension; "the waiters were unflurried and good natured"; "with contented mind and unruffled spirit"- Anthony Trollope [syn: unflurried, unflustered, unperturbed, unruffled] 2: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled]
unruffled adjective Date: 1659 1. poised and serene especially in the face of setbacks or confusion 2. not ruffled ; smooth <unruffled water> Synonyms: see cool
unruffled
unruffled If you describe someone as unruffled, you mean that they are calm and do not seem to be affected by surprising or frightening events. = unperturbed ADJ
unruffled ˈʌnˈrʌfld adj. 1 not agitated or disturbed; calm. 2 not physically ruffled.
Unruffled Un*ruf"fled, a. [Pref. un- not + ruffled.] Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet. Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea. --Addison.
unruffled a. 1. Calm, tranquil, quiet, still, placid, peaceful, serene, smooth. 2. Placid, peaceful, philosophical, collected, serene, unmoved, imperturbable, composed, cool, undisturbed, calm, tranquil.
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "unruffled": accordant, alike, at rest, automatic, balanced, calm, cloistered, collected, composed, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, cool, correspondent, downy, dwindling, ebbing, equable, equal, even, even-tenored, flat, glabrate, glabrescent, glabrous, halcyon, homogeneous, hushed, immutable, impassive, imperturbable, invariable, isolated, leiotrichous, level, measured, mechanical, methodic, moldering, monolithic, nonchalant, of a piece, ordered, orderly, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, persistent, placid, plane, quiescent, quiet, regular, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, robotlike, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, sheltered, smooth, smooth-shaven, smooth-textured, stable, steadfast, steady, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, suave, subsiding, systematic, tranquil, unaffected, unagitated, unanimated, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undisturbed, undiversified, unexcited, unflappable, unflustered, uniform, unimpassioned, unimpressed, uninspired, unmoved, unperturbed, unrough, unroughened, unstirred, unstirring, unstruck, untouched, untroubled, unvaried, unvarying, waning |
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