Antonyms for quietnessquiet·ness

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1. quietnessnoun

   Absence of sound; silence or hush.

   Synonyms:
   roo, silence

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1. quietness

   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, calmness, composure, immobility, impassibility, indifference, insensibility, lethargy, phlegm, quietude, sluggishness, stillness, stoicism, tranquillity, unconcern, unfeelingness

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

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1. • Silence

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1. quietness, soundlessnessnoun

   the property of making no sound

   Synonyms:
   tranquility, soundlessness, quietude, tranquillity

2. tranquillity, tranquility, quietness, quietudenoun

   a state of peace and quiet

   Synonyms:
   tranquility, placidity, quietude, repose, serenity, quiet, soundlessness, tranquillity

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1. quietnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   stillness, quiescence, quiet, repose, calmness, tranquillity, serenity, unobtrusiveness, silence, inaudibility

How to use quietness in a sentence?

1. Kristin Petersen:

   There's this kind of quietness that we feel, it didn't feel sad, it felt peaceful. It was more like being grateful.

2. Villy Hansen:

   Listen to the quietness, it's very special. There are not many places where you can hear nothing. And look at the endless horizon.

3. Richard Mallinson:

   We've seen a little bit of a temporary quietness afer the wild swings of last week, people are trying to get a clear picture of the signals.

4. Laurence Sterne:

   First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got the better of his creed. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors, and where they separate, depend upon it, 'Tis for no other cause but quietness sake.

5. Bible, Isaiah 32:17:

   And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

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