Antonyms for pacific
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : puh-sif-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈsɪf ɪk |
Definition of pacific
Origin :- 1540s, "tending to make peace," from Middle French pacifique, from Latin pacificus "peaceful, peace-making," from pax (genitive pacis) "peace" (see peace) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "peaceful, calm" is first recorded 1630s. Related: Pacifical (mid-15c.); pacifically.
- adj appeasing, peaceful
- She sat quietly looking at the Pacific and thinking her own thoughts.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- The roaring winds of the Pacific make you drunk to begin with.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- It washes its face in the Atlantic, and its feet in the Pacific.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 4, April 23, 1870 » by Various
- They did not talk to each other on the Pacific coast about it.
- Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root
- He'd been in the Pacific a while, they say, and was a Jack-of-all-trades in America.
- Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
- The day had broken by this time, quick and beautiful as ever in the Pacific Ocean.
- Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
- You, I believed, were away in the Pacific, where all things beautiful should be.
- Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
- It's a garden land,' said I, 'a sunny haven in this good Pacific sea.'
- Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
- But he was very anxious that the Consolidated Pacific people should think he had.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Industry and knowledge and the pacific arts of life were making progress.
- Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie
Synonyms for pacific
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