Meaning of PEACEFUL
| Pronunciation: | | 'peesful
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- [adj] (of groups) not violent or disorderly; "the right of peaceful assembly"
- [adj] not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep"
- [adj] peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance"
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| | Synonyms: | | at peace(p), calm, halcyon, irenic, law-abiding, nonbelligerent, orderly, pacific, pacifist(a), pacifistic, passive, peaceable, peace-loving, serene, tranquil, undisturbed |
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| | Antonyms: | | unpeaceful | | |
| | See Also: | | amicable, nonaggressive, nonviolent, quiet, unaggressive | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Peace"ful\, a.
1. Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war,
tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil;
as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.
2. Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation;
pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.
Syn: See {Peaceable}. --{Peace"ful*ly}, adv.. --
{Peace"ful*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | accordant, agreeable, agreeing, akin, amicable, at one, at peace, at rest, attuned, bland, bloodless, calm, cheerful, cloistered, collected, comfortable, comfy, commodious, compatible, composed, concordant, congenial, constant, contented, convenient, cool, coolheaded, corresponding, cozy, cushioned, cushiony, cushy, dwindling, easeful, easy, ebbing, empathetic, empathic, en rapport, equable, even-tenored, frictionless, friendly, gentle, halcyon, harmonious, homelike, homely, homey, homish, hushed, idyllic, impassive, in accord, in concert, in rapport, in tune, inharmony, intimate, irenic, isolated, judicious, like-minded, lived-in, luxurious, mild, mild as milk, moderate, moldering, nonviolent, of one mind, orderly, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, pastoral, peaceable, peacetime, philosophical, piping, placid, plain, prudent, quiescent, quiet, relaxing, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, roomy, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, simple, smooth, snug, sober, soft, steady, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, sympathetic, tame, temperate, together, tranquil, unagitated, understanding, undisturbed, united, unmoved, unperturbed, unpretending, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning, warm |
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