re ‧ laxed /rɪˈlækst/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: adjective : ↑ relaxed , ↑ relaxing ; verb : ↑ relax ; noun : ↑ relaxation ]
1 . feeling calm, comfortable, and not worried or annoyed:
Gail was lying in the sun looking very relaxed and happy.
relaxed about
I feel more relaxed about my career than I used to.
2 . a situation that is relaxed is comfortable and informal:
There’s a very relaxed atmosphere in the school.
3 . not strict, or not feeling that you have to do something in the way that other people think you should do it
a relaxed attitude/manner/style etc
She has a fairly relaxed approach to housework.
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THESAURUS
▪ relaxed feeling calm, comfortable, and not worried or annoyed:
I was feeling relaxed after my holiday.
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Looking relaxed and confident, the president answered questions from the press.
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He seems very relaxed about the whole situation.
▪ easy-going relaxed and not getting annoyed or angry with people – used when this is a part of someone’s character. An easy-going person likes to have good friendly relationships with other people, and is not strict about rules:
Fred MacMurray was very easy-going and a pleasure to work with.
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The hotel owner was an easy-going woman who let visitors come and go pretty well when they pleased.
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The children were brought up in an easy-going atmosphere at home.
▪ laid-back informal relaxed and not getting worried or annoyed about things – used when this is part of someone’s character. A laid-back person likes to take life slowly:
He seemed like a cool laid-back kind of a guy.
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Life on the farm was more laid-back compared to life in the big city.
▪ comfortable feeling happy and not worried about doing something, talking about something, or being with someone:
The teachers were comfortable with the new technology and the students loved it.
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Some female patients are not comfortable with the idea of seeing a male doctor.
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This is an emotional issue, which most people aren’t comfortable talking about.
▪ at ease [not before noun] feeling relaxed in a situation – used especially when someone feels less worried than before, or when many other people would not feel relaxed in that situation:
After a few weeks at college, I started to feel more at ease.
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He looked completely at ease on a horse.
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He was surprised to find himself so at ease with her father.
▪ feel at home to feel relaxed in a place or with a person:
I’ve always felt at home in Tokyo.
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He felt instantly at home with her.