serene

suh-REENadj

Meaning calm and peaceful; untroubled

Memory hook a se-RENE SCENE. High on the mountain, Nana Lou sits on a rock and watches the sun go down over the quiet valley. It is a serene scene.

At dawn the lake was serene, without a ripple or a sound.

In context The city outside was loud and hurried, but the garden behind the old library was serene, with only birdsong and the trickle of a fountain.

Similar peaceful, calm, untroubled, placid

Opposite agitated, troubled, turbulent

From Latin serenus, “clear, calm, cloudless.”

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