Antonyms for stillness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : stil-nis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪl nɪs

Definition of stillness

Origin : Old English stilnes; see still (adj.) + -ness.

noun silence

Example sentences :

The Sabbath of eternity has shed its stillness along the street.
Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The stillness that followed was broken only by the Judge's voice.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

He listened in a stillness of dread which resembled the immobility of profound attention.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

In this way it might be literally possible 'to hear a shadow fall athwart the stillness.'
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

Suddenly the stillness of the night was broken by the sound of a horn.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

There was something horrifying in the single splash, and then the stillness.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

In all the house, now, there was no sound, and without there was a stillness only more vast.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

Through the forest is a great silence, but no stillness at all.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

Then there came a great stillness in the room—the stillness of all listening years.
Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen

Let the stillness of nature fall where there must be stillness!
Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen

Synonyms for stillness

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