Synonyms for stillness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : stil-nis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪl nɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for stillness Other synonyms for the word stillness
Définition of stillness
Origin :- Old English stilnes; see still (adj.) + -ness.
- noun silence
- 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
Antonyms for stillness
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