Tranquil
adj
adj ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
"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.
"[…]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."
Adjective
- 1 (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves wordnet
- 2 not agitated; without losing self-possession wordnet
Example
More examples"Hunting game is forbidden in these tranquil woods."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus, from trāns- + the root of quiēs (“rest, quiet, peace”), ultimately from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”).
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