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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
quiet
adjective
1: 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" [ant: {unquiet}]
2: free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a
quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and
quiet" [ant: {noisy}]
3: not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste" [syn:
{restrained}]
4: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a
subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" [syn: {hushed}, {muted},
{subdued}]
5: without untoward incident or disruption; "a placid
existence"; "quiet times" [syn: {placid}]
6: 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" [syn: {placid}, {still},
{tranquil}, {unruffled}]
7: of the sun; characterized by a low level of surface
phenomena like sun spots e.g. [ant: {active}]
noun
1: a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"
[syn: {lull}]
2: an untroubled state; free from disturbances [syn: {tranquillity}]
3: the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep";
"the street was quiet" [syn: {silence}] [ant: {sound}]
4: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: {repose}, {placidity},
{serenity}, {tranquillity}, {tranquility}]
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" [syn: {quietly}]
[ant: {unquietly}]
verb
1: become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the
speaker entered" [syn: {quieten}, {hush}, {quiesce}, {quiet
down}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}]
2: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
[syn: {calm}, {calm down}, {tranquilize}, {tranquillize},
{tranquillise}, {quieten}, {lull}, {still}] [ant: {agitate}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quiet \Qui"et\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Quieted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Quieting}.]
1. To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest,
or of silence.
2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to
tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors
or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.
Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quiet \Qui"et\, verb (used without an object)
To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be
soon quieted down.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quiet \Qui"et\, noun [L. quies, -etis. See {Quiet}, adjective]
1. The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an
hour or a time of quiet.
2. Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness;
tranquillity; peace; security.
And join with thee, calm Peace and Quiet. --Milton.
{At quiet}, still; peaceful.
{In quiet}, quietly. '' I will depart in quiet.'' --Shak.
{Out of quiet}, disturbed; restless. [Obs.] ''She is much out
of quiet.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quiet \Qui"et\, adjective [Compar. {Quieter}; superl. {Quietest}.] [L.
quietus, p. p. pf quiescere to rest, keep quiet; akin to
quies rest, and prob. to E. while, noun See {While}, and cf.
{Coy}, adjective, {Quiesce}, {Quietus}, {Quit}, adjective, {Quite},
{Requiem}.]
1. In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or
agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
They . . . were quiet all the night, saying, In the
morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. --Judg.
xvi. 2.
2. Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
3. Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled;
as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience. '' So quiet and so
sweet a style.'' --Shak.
That son, who on the quiet state of man
Such trouble brought. --Milton.
4. Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not
turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.
The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. --1 Pet.
iii. 4.
I will sit as quiet as a lamb. --Shak.
5. Not showy; not such as to attract attention;
undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet
movement.
Syn: Still; tranquil; calm; unruffled; smooth; unmolested;
undisturbed; placid; peaceful; mild; peaceable; meek;
contented.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
383 Moby Thesaurus words for "quiet":
Attic, Buddha-like composure, Oriental calm, abate, aesthetic,
allay, appease, arrange, arrangement, array, artistic, asleep,
at peace, at rest, ataraxia, ataraxy, awful silence, back-door,
backstairs, backward, becalm, bloodless, brief, broken, brusque,
calm, calm disposition, calm down, calm of mind, calmness, cease,
cessation, chaste, chastened, choice, choke, choke off,
clandestine, classic, cloistered, close, close-tongued,
closemouthed, comfort, comfortable, compose, composed, composure,
concise, concord, concordant, constrained, contemplation, cool,
cool off, coolheaded, coolheadedness, coolness, countenance,
covert, cradle, creamy, curt, dead, dead of night,
deathlike silence, decrease, delicate, deploy, deployment,
die down, disposal, dispose, disposition, domesticated, dormant,
dovelike, dulcify, dumb, dumbfound, dwindle, dwindling, ease,
easy mind, ebb, ebbing, echoless, economical of words, eggshell,
even out, even-tenored, excellent, fall silent, feline, festal,
fixed, flat, form, formation, furtive, gag, gentle, gloss,
golden silence, grade, halcyon, halt, harmonize, harmony, hidlings,
hierarchize, hole-and-corner, holiday, homely, housebroken,
hugger-mugger, humble, hush, hush as death, hush of night,
hush-hush, hushed, icy calm, idle, idyllic, impassive,
imperturbability, imperturbation, in good taste, inactive,
inactivity, inaudibility, inaudible, indisposed to talk,
indisturbance, inert, iridescent, isolated, laconic, lamblike,
law and order, lay out, layout, lessen, light, line up, lineup,
lucid stillness, lull, marmoreal repose, marshal, marshaling, meek,
mellow, mental composure, methodize, mild, molder, moldering,
mollify, mother-of-pearl, motionless, mousy, muffle, mum, mute,
muzzle, nacreous, nirvana, noiseless, noiselessness, normalize,
of choice, of quality, opalescent, order, orderliness, orderly,
organization, organize, pacific, pacify, pale, passive, pastel,
pastoral, patinaed, peace, peace and quiet, peace of mind,
peaceable, peaceful, peacefulness, peacetime, pearly,
philosophic composure, philosophical, philosophicalness,
philosophy, pipe down, piping, placid, placidity, placidness,
plain, pleasing, pour balm into, privy, proportion, pure,
put to silence, quell, quiesce, quiescence, quiescency, quiescent,
quiet down, quiet life, quiet mind, quieten, quietism, quietness,
quietude, rank, regularity, regularize, regulate, relaxation,
repose, reposeful, reposing, reserved, rest, restful, restfulness,
resting, restrained, retired, retiring, rock, rock to sleep,
routine, routinize, sabbatical, sad, sangfroid, satori, secluded,
semigloss, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, serenity, set up,
settle, setup, sheltered, shifty, short, shrinking, shush,
shut down on, shut up, silence, silent, silentness, silken repose,
simple, skulking, sleep, sleepy, slinking, slinky, slumber, sly,
smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, sneaking, sneaky, snug,
sober, soft, soft-colored, soft-hued, soft-pedal, softened,
solemn silence, somber, soothe, soothingness, soundless,
soundlessness, sparing of words, speechless, squash, squelch,
stabilize, standardize, stationary, steady, stealthy, stifle,
still, still as death, stillish, stillness, stilly, stoic, stolid,
stop, strike dumb, structure, subaudible, subdue, subdued, subside,
subsiding, subtle, surreptitious, sweet, symmetry, system,
systematize, tacitness, taciturn, taciturnity, tame, tamed,
tasteful, tasty, temperate, termination, terse, throttle,
tight-lipped, tomblike silence, tongue-tied, tranquil, tranquilize,
tranquillity, unaffected, unagitated, unarticulated,
unbuttoned ease, under-the-counter, under-the-table, undercover,
underground, underhand, underhanded, understated, undisturbed,
unexcited, unhearable, uniformity, unloquacious, unmoved, unmoving,
unobtrusive, unperturbed, unpretentious, unpronounced, unruffled,
unruffledness, unsounded, unstirring, untalkative, untroubled,
unuttered, unvocalized, unvoiced, vacational, wane, waning,
well-chosen, whisht, whist, wise passiveness, withdrawn,
word-bound, wordless
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