Peaceful

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peaceful \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.
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     2. Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation;
        pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.
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     Syn: See {Peaceable}.
          [1913 Webster] --{Peace"ful*ly}, adv.. --
          {Peace"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peaceful
       adj 1: not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful
              nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful
              Christmas"; "peaceful sleep" [ant: {unpeaceful}]
       2: peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive
          resistance" [syn: {passive}]
       3: (of groups) not violent or disorderly; "the right of
          peaceful assembly" [syn: {law-abiding}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  127 Moby Thesaurus words for "peaceful":
     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