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tranquil
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?t?æ?.kw?l/
Adjective
tranquil (comparative tranquiler, superlative tranquilest)
- 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.
- 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, chapter XXVIII
- Calm; without motion or sound.
Synonyms
- (free from emotional disturbance): calm, peaceful, serene, steady
- (calm; without motion or sound): peaceful
Antonyms
- (free from emotional disturbance): agitated
Related terms
- tranquillity
- tranquillize
- tranquilly
- tranquilness
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin tranquillus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /t????kil/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /t?a??kil/
- Rhymes: -il
Adjective
tranquil (feminine tranquil·la, masculine plural tranquils, feminine plural tranquil·les)
- tranquil, calm (free from emotional disturbance)
- tranquil, calm (without motion or sound)
- Synonym: calm
- Antonym: agitat
Derived terms
- tranquil·lament
- tranquil·litzar
Related terms
- tranquil·litat
Further reading
- “tranquil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tranquil” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “tranquil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tranquil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tran?kwil/
Adjective
tranquil
- tranquil
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insensitive
English
Etymology
in- +? sensitive
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?s?ns?t?v/
Adjective
insensitive (comparative more insensitive, superlative most insensitive)
- Expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the feelings, emotions, sentiments, or concerns of other people; inconsiderate or incompassionate
- Not expressing normal physical feeling;
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula
- It is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula
- Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic
- 1895, Grant Allen, The British Barbarians
- Somehow, when Bertram Ingledew let it once be felt he did not wish to be questioned on any particular point, even women managed to restrain their curiosity: and he would have been either a very bold or a very insensitive man who would have ventured to continue questioning him any further.
- 1994, Jann Arden, "Insensitive" (song)
- Oh I really should have known by the time you drove me home, / By the vagueness in your eyes, your casual good-byes, / By the chill in your embrace and the expression on your face, / That told me you might have some advice to give / On how to be insensitive.
- 1895, Grant Allen, The British Barbarians
Synonyms
- unaffected
- unsensitive
Antonyms
- sensitive
Derived terms
Translations
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