tranquil

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin tranquillus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl/
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[edit] Adjective

tranquil (comparative more tranquil, superlative most tranquil)

1. Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, chapter XXVIII

     Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.

2. Calm; without motion or sound.
   • 1921, Douglas Wilson Johnson, Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in Military Geography, page 262

     […] that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.

[edit] Synonyms

• (free from emotional disturbance): calm, peaceful, serene, steady
• (calm; without motion or sound): peaceful

[edit] Antonyms

• (free from emotional disturbance): agitated

[edit] Related terms

• tranquillity
• tranquillize
• tranquilly
• tranquilness

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