Antonyms for ambient

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : am-bee-uh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæm bi ənt

Definition of ambient

Origin : 1590s, "surrounding, encircling," from Latin ambientem (nominative ambiens) "going round," present participle of ambire "to go around," from amb- "around" (see ambi-) + ire "go" (see ion). The ground sense of "revolving" led to "encircling, lying all around."

As in circulating : adj flowing
As in encompassing : adj including
As in medium : noun atmosphere, setting
As in milieu : noun environment, atmosphere
As in climate : noun mood of situation
As in ambience : noun environment

Example sentences :

Then, like an ambient fungus, it slithered off into the jungle undergrowth.
Extract from : « Survival Tactics » by Al Sevcik

Thus it probably was at the ambient temperature of the launch site.
Extract from : « Pushbutton War » by Joseph P. Martino

Ambient cried, bounding with his great strides across the lawn.
Extract from : « The Author Of Beltraffio » by Henry James

He advises you therefore to name the ambient sea for the boundary of your hospital.
Extract from : « The Tatler, Volume 3 » by Various

An unutterably pure and lofty joy filled my soul, and I felt, as if we were out of the body floating on ambient clouds.
Extract from : « Homo Sum, Complete » by Georg Ebers

I have heard of persons feeling, under the effect of laughter, as light and buoyant as if floating in ambient air.
Extract from : « With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 » by Various

I fell through that hollow tree as the falling star darts through the ambient heavens.
Extract from : « Toto's Merry Winter » by Laura E. Richards

The incorruptible Nostromo breathed her ambient seduction in the tumultuous heaving of his breast.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

Ambient, am′bi-ent, adj. going round: surrounding: investing.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various

Compare this with northern mountains—Alps or Pyrenees: the tone, the colours, the ambient air differentiate this southern range.
Extract from : « Unexplored Spain » by Abel Chapman

Synonyms for ambient

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