Antonyms for quietness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kwahy-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwaɪ ɪt |
Definition of quietness
Origin :- c.1300, "freedom from disturbance or conflict; calm, stillness," from Old French quiete "rest, repose, tranquility" and directly from Latin quies (genitive quietis) "a lying still, rest, repose, peace," from PIE root *qwi- "rest" (cf. Old Persian shiyati-, Avestan shaiti- "well-being;" Avestan shyata- "happy;" Gothic hveila, Old English hwil "space of time;" see while (n.)). Late 14c. as "inactivity, rest, repose."
- noun stillness
- noun silence
- I've always wanted comfort and quietness, and I've got it here.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- What hurlyburlies are here, where all used to be peace and quietness!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- She wished to be left in quietness, she did not want anybody to question her.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The quietness with which he spoke did not rob his words of their significance.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Wasn't it better to go on living on our little savings in peace and quietness?
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- A sort of New England respectability and quietness hung over it.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- It was their duty to do so for the sake of the peace and quietness of us all.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- And is not shrewdness a quickness or cleverness of the soul, and not a quietness?
- Extract from : « Charmides » by Plato
- The remaining month of my stay passed in peace and quietness.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various
- Struck by the quietness and the unlighted windows, they knocked hastily at the door.
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for quietness
- blackout
- calm
- calmness
- censorship
- dead air
- death
- dumbness
- hush
- hush-hush
- inaction
- inactivity
- inarticulateness
- iron curtain
- laconism
- lull
- muteness
- noiselessness
- peace
- peacefulness
- placidity
- placidness
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietude
- quietus
- reserve
- reticence
- saturninity
- secrecy
- serenity
- sleep
- soundlessness
- speechlessness
- still
- stillness
- sulk
- sullenness
- taciturnity
- tranquility
- tranquillity
- uncommunicativeness
- untroubledness
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