Word Meanings - STILLNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. J. A. Symonds. 2. Habitual silence or quiet;
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1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. J. A. Symonds. 2. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity. The gravity and stillness of your youth The world hath noted. Shak.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STILLNESS)
- Quiescence
- Repose
- rest
- quiet
- quietude
- dormancy
- tranquillity
- silence
- stillness
- Quiet
- Rest
- repose
- calm
- appeasement
- pacification
- peace
- Silence
- Taciturnity
- hush
- muteness
- secrecy
- oblivion
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STILLNESS)
Related words: (words related to STILLNESS)
- DORMANCY
The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance. - ROUSE
To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances. - AGITATE
1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly - WANDERMENT
The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall. - PACIFICATION
The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. "An embassy of pacification." Bacon. - PEACEBREAKER
One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n. - STANDARD
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend, - STANDPOINT
A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged. - SECRECY
1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak. 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement. - STANDPIPE
A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level - WANDEROO
A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other - FLUTTER
1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings. 2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak. - EXCITEFUL
Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. Chapman. - QUIETER
One who, or that which, quiets. - TRANSFEREE
The person to whom a transfer in made. - WANDERINGLY
In a wandering manner. - DISTURBANCE
The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone. Syn. -- Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; - QUIET
p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to quies rest, and prob. to E. while, n. See While, and cf. Coy, a., Quiesce, Quietus, Quit, a., 1. In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air. They - STANDAGE
A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine. - TRANQUILLITY
The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure. - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - DISQUIETTUDE
Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp. - TROUSERING
Cloth or material for making trousers. - FORWANDER
To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness. - EFFLAGITATE
To ask urgently. Cockeram. - DISQUIETLY
In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman. - UNQUIET
To disquiet. Ld. Herbert. - TROUSE
Trousers. Spenser. - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - UNDERSTANDINGLY
In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved. - STILLSTAND
A standstill. Shak. - DISQUIETMENT
State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. Hopkins.