peace·ful

(pēs′fəl)

adj.

1. Undisturbed by strife, turmoil, or disagreement; tranquil: a peaceful hike through the forest. See Synonyms at calm.

2. Inclined or disposed to peace; peaceable: a peaceful solution to the dispute.

3. Not involving violence or employing force: a peaceful protest.

peace′ful·ly adv.

peace′ful·ness n.

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Peacefulness

See Also: CALMNESS

(There was) an ease of mind that was like being alone in a boat at sea —Wallace Stevens
This is the first line of Prologues to What is Possible, a poem studded with additional similes.
Had a certain peace, like a stone that wouldn’t roll any more —Paul Horgan
Inner serenity is a lot like grace under pressure except that it’s all going on inside where people might not notice and give you credit —Judith Viorst
Like a stone thrown into the smooth water of a spring, I had disturbed their peace —Mihail Lermontov
Like the course of the heavenly bodies, harmony in national life is a resultant of the struggle between contending forces —Justice Louis D. Brandeis
See Also: AGREEMENT/DISAGREEMENT
A peace deep as death —Daniela Gioseffi
Peaceful as a breast —Kenneth Patchen
Peaceful as a church —Raymond Chandler
Peaceful as a leaf with its superhuman silence —Daniela Gioseffi
Peaceful as Socrates —Anon
Peaceful … like a child asleep —Phyllis Roberts
Peaceful, like being in a time machine —Lee Smith
Peaceful like New Year’s —Carlos Baker
Peaceful like warm Summer nights —Amy Lowell
Peace, like a mask, hides everything —Edwin Arlington Robinson
Peace, like charity, begins at home —Franklin D. Roosevelt
See Also: COMPLAINTS, PATRIOTISM, REFORMS, SENSE
Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it —Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 21, 1944 speech to Foreign Policy Association
Peacemaking is hard … hard almost as war —Daniel Berrigan
The simile comprises the title and first line of a poem.
See Also: DIFFICULTY
Peace was over her … like a mantle —Madeleine L’Engle
Peace will, like a broken limb united, grow stronger for the breaking —William Shakespeare
[A vacation] quiet and pleasant and womblike as a slow bath in a tub of warm water —Harvey Swados
Restful as a Rembrandt background —George Ade
Rest like lizards on rocks —Etheridge Knight
(Maybe it will emerge,) serene and smiling, like Daniel from the lion’s den —Floyd K. Haskell, on tax reform, New York Times/Op-Ed, January 17, 1986
Serene as a snowman’s smile —Julie Hayden
Serene as jade buddhas —Marge Piercy
Soothing … as waves along a shore —John Gardner
Still and quiet, like a good conscience —Frank Swinnerton
Tranquility pushed their anxieties away, like a man finding a place for himself on a crowded bench —W. Somerset Maugham
Tranquilizing murmur [of voice] like the music of a dream —Elinor Wylie
Tranquilly like the rise and fall of sand dunes —Yukio Mishima

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	peacefulness - a state that is calm and tranquil peaceableness amity - a state of friendship and cordiality mollification - a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered
	2.	peacefulness - the absence of mental stress or anxiety ataraxis, peace of mind, repose, serenity, peace, heartsease quietude, quietness, tranquillity, tranquility - a state of peace and quiet

peacefulness

noun

1. Lack of emotional agitation:

calm, calmness, peace, placidity, placidness, quietude, serenity, tranquillity.

2. An absence of motion or disturbance:

calm, calmness, hush, lull, peace, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietness, serenity, stillness, tranquillity, untroubledness.

Translations

مُسالَمَه، هُدوء

klidpohoda

fredfyldthed

friîsemd

spokojnost

peacefulness

[ˈpiːsfʊlnɪs] N (= calmness) → tranquilidad f, paz f; (= non-violent nature) → carácter m pacífico

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

peacefulness

n → Friedlichkeit f; (of person, nation) → Friedfertigkeit f, → Friedensliebe f; (of place, holiday, sleep) → Ruhe f; (of death) → Sanftheit f; the peacefulness of the demonstration → der friedliche Charakter der Demonstration; the peacefulness of a summer’s evening → die friedliche Atmosphäre eines Sommerabends

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

peacefulness

[ˈpiːsfʊlnɪs] n → tranquillità, pace f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

peace

(piːs) noun

1. (sometimes with a) (a time of) freedom from war; (a treaty or agreement which brings about) the end or stopping of a war. Does our country want peace or war?; (also adjective) a peace treaty.

2. freedom from disturbance; quietness. I need some peace and quiet.

ˈpeaceable adjective

liking peace; not fighting, quarrelling etc. He's a peaceable person.

ˈpeaceably adverb

ˈpeaceful adjective

quiet; calm; without worry or disturbance. It's very peaceful in the country.

ˈpeacefully adverb

ˈpeacefulness noun

ˈpeacemaker noun

a person who tries to make peace between enemies, people who are quarrelling etc. When my brother and sister quarrel I act as peacemaker.

ˈpeace-offering noun

something offered or given to make peace. She took him a drink as a peace-offering.

ˈpeacetime noun

a time when there is no war. Even in peacetime, a soldier's life is hard.

at peace

not at war; not fighting. The two countries were at peace.

in peace

1. without disturbance. Why can't you leave me in peace?

2. not wanting to fight. They said they came in peace.

make peace

to agree to end a war. The two countries finally made peace (with each other).

peace of mind

freedom from worry etc.