Antonyms for calmnesscalm·ness

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1. calmness

   Apathy, according to its Greek derivation, is a simple absence of feeling or emotion. There are persons to whom a certain degree of apathy is natural, an innate sluggishness of the emotional nature. In the apathy of despair, a person gives up, without resistance or sensibility, to what he has fiercely struggled to avoid. While apathy is want of feeling, calmness is feeling without agitation. Calmness is the result of strength, courage, or trust; apathy is the result of dulness or weakness. Composure is freedom from agitation or disturbance, resulting ordinarily from force of will, or from perfect confidence in one's own resources. Impassibility is a philosophical term applied to the Deity, as infinitely exalted above all stir of passion or emotion. Unfeelingness, the Saxon word that should be the exact equivalent of apathy, really means more, a lack of the feeling one ought to have, a censurable hardness of heart. Indifference and insensibility designate the absence of feeling toward certain persons or things; apathy, entire absence of feeling. Indifference is a want of interest; insensibility is a want of feeling; unconcern has reference to consequences. We speak of insensibility of heart, immobility of countenance. Stoicism is an intentional suppression of feeling and deadening of sensibilities, while apathy is involuntary. Compare CALM; REST; STUPOR.

   Antonyms:
   agitation, alarm, anxiety, care, distress, disturbance, eagerness, emotion, excitement, feeling, frenzy, fury, passion, sensibility, sensitiveness, storm, susceptibility, sympathy, turbulence, vehemence, violence

   Synonyms:
   apathy, composure, immobility, impassibility, indifference, insensibility, lethargy, phlegm, quietness, quietude, sluggishness, stillness, stoicism, tranquillity, unconcern, unfeelingness

   Preposition:
   The apathy of monastic life; apathy toward good.

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1. composure, calm, calmness, equanimitynoun

   steadiness of mind under stress

   "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"

   Antonyms:
   agitation

   Synonyms:
   equanimity, calm air, calm, composure

2. calmnessnoun

   an absence of strong winds or rain

   Antonyms:
   agitation

   Synonyms:
   equanimity, calm, composure

3. calmnessnoun

   a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement

   Antonyms:
   agitation

   Synonyms:
   equanimity, calm, composure

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1. calmnessnoun

   Antonyms:
   commotion, excitement, agitation, discomposure

   Synonyms:
   tranquillity, serenity, placidity, stillness, composure, imperturbability, dispassion, imperturbation, unconcern, equanimity, collectedness, self-possession

How to use calmness in a sentence?

1. Susan Collins:

   I don't know what John Cornyn thinking was, but we have always had a controlled transition between administrations. And I'm certain that if there's a change in administrations, that we have the calmness as well. It's fundamental to our democracy.

2. Josiah Gilbert Holland:

   Calmness is the cradle of power.

3. Lavater:

   Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.

4. Laura Jaworski:

   Calmness is a bed where flowers grow.

5. Erik Pevernagie:

   We may perceive silence as hell or feel it as stilled happiness that brings us into harmony with our individuality. Some atoms or particles of sounds can, nonetheless, coincide with silence and create a mood of soothing relief. So, can the gentle roaring of the waves induce calmness and open another dimension to a cosmic experience. (“Sounds of silence”)

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