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

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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.

Matched Categories

1. • Composure

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.5 / 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. Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:

   In all the important preparations of the mind she was complete: being prepared for matrimony by an hatred of home, restraint, and tranquillity; by the misery of disappointed affection, and contempt of the man she was to marry.

2. Johann von Goethe:

   Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

3. Seif Sharif Hamad:

   Zanzibar will likely experience violence in the coming future after enjoying peace and tranquillity over the past five years.

4. Vijay Gokhale:

   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.

5. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth. For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one. One in their pride in what you have done. One in our prayers that you will return safely to Earth.

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