tranquil
Syllables: tran·quil/ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl//ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋ.kwɪl/
tranquil adjective: free from emotional or mental disturbance.
Adjective
tranquil (comparative tranquiler, superlative tranquilest)
- 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.1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter XXVIII, in Jane Eyre
- Synonyms:
- calm, peaceful, serene, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable
- Antonyms:
- agitated
- 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.1921, Douglas Wilson Johnson, Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in Military Geography, page 262
tranquil meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi
tranquil in Bengali
- tranquil, unwavering
- অক্ষুব্ধ ôkkhubdhô, অক্ষুভিত ôkkhubhitô
tranquil in Malayalam
- free from emotional disturbance
- സ്വസ്ഥം svasthaṁ
- calm; without motion or sound
- ശാന്തം śāntaṁ
tranquil in Kannada
- ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯ, ಗೊಂದಲವಿಲ್ಲದ, ತೊಂದರೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಗದ್ದಲವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಶಾಂತ, ಪ್ರಶಾಂತ
tranquil in Punjabi
- tranquil
- ਅਰਾਮ arām
Examples of tranquil in a sentence
- Today the volcano that straddles the border between China and North Korea is tranquil.
- These same illiberals usually claim to believe that all tranquil citizens have equal rights.
- The illumination they produce is tranquil, more shimmering and diffuse, and nongarish.
Synonyms of tranquil
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Antonyms
Forms of tranquil
| comparative | tranquiler |
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| superlative | tranquilest |
Origin of tranquil
Borrowed from Middle French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus, from trāns- + the root of quiēs (“rest, quiet, peace”), ultimately from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”).
Words formed from tranquil
Questions about tranquil
- What does tranquil mean?
- Tranquil means free from emotional or mental disturbance.
- What is tranquil in Bengali?
- Tranquil in Bengali is অক্ষুব্ধ (ôkkhubdhô), অক্ষুভিত (ôkkhubhitô). See Tranquil meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is tranquil?
- Tranquil is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tranquil?
- Tranquil is pronounced /ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl/.
Words near tranquil in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tranquil (page history and authors); অক্ষুব্ধ (Bengali) (page history and authors); tranquil (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਰਾਮ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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