quiet (ˈkwaɪət
)
Definitions
adjective
- characterized by an absence or near absence of noise ⇒
a quiet street
- characterized by an absence of turbulent motion or disturbance; peaceful, calm, or tranquil ⇒
a quiet glade
the sea is quiet tonight
- free from activities, distractions, worries, etc; untroubled ⇒
a quiet life
a quiet day at work
- marked by an absence of work, orders, etc; not busy ⇒
the factory is very quiet at the moment
- private; not public; secret ⇒
a quiet word with someone
- free from anger, impatience, or other extreme emotion ⇒
a quiet disposition
- free from pretentiousness or vain display; modest or reserved ⇒
quiet humour
- astronomy (of the sun) exhibiting a very low number of sunspots, solar flares, and other surface phenomena; inactive Compare active (sense 8)
noun
- the state of being silent, peaceful, or untroubled
- See on the quiet
verb
- a less common word for quieten
Alternative Forms
ˈquietness nounWord Origin
C14: from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere to rest, from quiēs repose, restSynonyms
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Translations
- British English:
quiet
Something or someone that is quiet makes only a small amount of noise.She kept the children reasonably quiet.ˈkwaɪət ADJECTIVE She kept the children reasonably quiet.
- Spanish:
silencioso
adj silenciosa
- French:
silencieux
adj
- German:
ruhig
adj
- Chinese: 安静的 adj
- Arabic: هَادِئ adj
- Portuguese: calmo adj calma
- Russian: тихий adj тихая
- Croatian: tih adj tiha
- Czech: tichý adj
- Danish: stille adj
- Dutch: stil adj
- Finnish: hiljainen adj
- Greek: ήσυχος adj ήσυχη
- Italian: silenzioso adj silenziosa
- Japanese: 静かな no_posp
- Korean: 조용한 adj
- Norwegian: stille adj
- Polish: cichy adj cicha
- Brazilian Portuguese: silencioso nm silenciosa
- European Spanish:
silencioso
adj silenciosa
- Swedish: tyst adj
- Thai: เงียบ adj
- Turkish: sessiz adj
- Vietnamese: yên lặng adj
Usage examples
There was an unpleasant musty smell compounded of cooking odours and stale urine and a strange brooding quiet.
, THE KEYS OF HELL (2002)In two days, I found almost 100 species of birds in this quiet corner of Burgundy.
Country Life (2004)Goalkeeper Dean Kiely's quiet patience is rewarded with a rare start.
Irish Times (2002)I loiter at the back of the stadium until the sound of the electric hare goes quiet.
Glasgow Herald (2001)She lead a life of middle-class gentility and ease spent entirely in the quiet of rural southern England.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)