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QUIET

Definition:

1. [adverb] with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly'); "her hands rested quietly in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"; "sit here as quiet as you can"
   Synonyms: ly
   
   
2. [noun] a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"
   Synonyms: lull
   
   
3. [noun] an untroubled state; free from disturbances
   Synonyms: tranquillity
   
   
4. [noun] the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"
   Synonyms: silence
   
   
5. [noun] a disposition free from stress or emotion
   Synonyms: repose, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility
   
   
6. [verb] become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
   Synonyms: en, hush, quiesce, down, pipe down
   
   
7. [verb] make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
   Synonyms: calm, calm down, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, en, lull, still
   
   
8. [adjective] characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"
   
   
9. [adjective] free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet"
   
   
10. [adjective] not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste"
    Synonyms: restrained
    
    
11. [adjective] in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"
    Synonyms: hushed, muted, subdued
    
    
12. [adjective] without untoward incident or disruption; "a placid existence"; "quiet times"
    Synonyms: placid
    
    
13. [adjective] free from disturbance; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"
    Synonyms: placid, still, tranquil, unruffled
    
    
14. [adjective] of the sun; characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sun spots e.g.
    
    

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Related Words:

• lull
• compose
• pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
• reassure, assure
• hush, stillness, still
• speechlessness
• quietness, soundlessness
• ataraxia

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