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Antonyms for tranquillity
træŋˈkwɪl ɪ titran·quil·li·ty

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.3 / 3 votes

  1. tranquillity

    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, quietness, quietude, sluggishness, stillness, stoicism, unconcern, unfeelingness

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

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Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 2 votes

  1. tranquillity, tranquility, quietnoun

    an untroubled state; free from disturbances

    Synonyms:
    tranquility, placidity, quietness, quietude, repose, serenity, silence, quiet, lull

  2. tranquillity, tranquility, quietness, quietudenoun

    a state of peace and quiet

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

  3. repose, quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquilitynoun

    a disposition free from stress or emotion

    Synonyms:
    placidity, peace, relaxation, peacefulness, tranquility, ease, rest, repose, lull, silence, peace of mind, quietness, quietude, ataraxis, serenity, heartsease, quiet, placidness

How to use tranquillity in a sentence?

  1. Cicero:

    A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.

  2. Alfred North Whitehead:

    Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

  3. Vijay Gokhale:

    On the issue of the India-China boundary question, the two leaders endorsed the work of the special representatives in their efforts to find a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement, and the two leaders also underscored that in the meantime it is important to maintain peace and tranquillity in all areas of the India-China border region.

  4. P. J. O'Rourke:

    The preamble to the Constitution states We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare... It doesn't say guarantee the general welfare. And it certainly doesn't say give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV.

  5. Charlotte Bronte:

    It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity they must have action and they will make it if they cannot find it.

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