Part 29
=Routine.= Practice, custom, procedure, round, course, wont, order; gradation, rotation, sequence, tenor, system, method; regulation.
=Royal.= August, kinglike, majestic, munificent, princely, regal, magnificent, kingly.
ANT. _Beggarly, contemptible, mean, poor, servile, slavish, vile._
=Rude.= Rough, uneven, shapeless, unfashioned, rugged, uncouth, inelegant, rustic, vulgar, raw, clownish, unskilful, untaught, illiterate, ignorant, uncivil, impolite, saucy, impudent, insolent, surly, uncivilized, brutal, barbarous, savage, violent, fierce, tumultuous, impetuous, boisterous, inclement, severe.
ANT. _Polite, urbane, accomplished, cultivated, courteous, refined, civil, affable, courtly, gracious, elegant, polished, well-bred, obliging; modest, bashful; considerate, serene, placid, genial, calm; fashionable, modern, civilized, modish._
=Rugged.= Rough, uneven, rude, wrinkled, cragged, harsh, hard, crabbed; steep, precipitate; violent, sour, surly, boisterous, tumultuous, stormy, inclement, tempestuous; austere, severe; ruffled, blunt.
ANT. _Smooth, even, gentle, soft, low; pleasant, kindly; balmy, soothing; complaisant, mild._
=Rule.= Regulation, law, precept, maxim, canon, order, method, direction, control, sway, empire; principle, practice; domination, mastery, government; test, criterion, formula.
ANT. _Exception, deviation, eccentricity, irregularity._
=Run.= Race, hasten, speed, proceed, hurry, scamper, post; go, flow, glide, move, roll on; melt, fuse; pass, advance; course, fly, rush; hustle; pursue; cast, shape, mold; drive, force; indicate, mark out; incur, encounter, venture, risk; conduct, manage, carry on; flee.
ANT. _Delay, walk, halt, stop, saunter, rest, linger, hesitate; harden; retrograde, slip._
=Rustic.= Rural, sylvan, pastoral, country, countrified, bucolic, agricultural, verdant; artless, inelegant, plain, rude, unpolished, untaught, unsophisticated; awkward, boorish, outlandish, clownish, coarse, hoydenish, uncouth.
ANT. _City-like, urban; accomplished, elegant, cultured, polite, urbane, polished, well-bred, refined._
=Ruthless.= Cruel, pitiless, harsh, relentless, unsparing.
ANT. _Tender, gentle, pitiful, compassionate, lenient, regretful, long-suffering._
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=Sable.= Dark, black, ebon, somber.
ANT. _Light, white, cheerful, bright, ivory._
=Sacrament.= Eucharist, Lord’s Supper, communion; ceremony, rite, service, solemnity, ordinance, observance.
=Sacred.= Holy, divine, hallowed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, religious, venerable, reverend.
ANT. _Secular, profane, common, unconsecrated, human._
=Sacrifice=, _n._ Offering, propitiation, expiation, thanksgiving; destruction, immolation, devotion, surrender; oblation, atonement.
ANT. _Offense, transgression; retention, reservation; acceptance._
=Sad.= Sorrowful, mournful, dejected, gloomy, depressed, sedate, cheerless, downcast, grievous; dull, grave, dark, somber; afflicted; calamitous; serious, staid; melancholy, disconsolate, despondent, disastrous, deplorable.
ANT. _Cheerful, joyous, glad, mirthful, jubilant, jovial, light-hearted; exultant, gay, exhilarated, happy, blithe._
=Sagacious.= Sage, sensible, keen, discerning, clear-sighted, apt, acute, intelligent, sharp, wise, rational, shrewd, able, keen-sighted, keen-witted, judicious, perspicacious, quick-scented, sharp-witted.
ANT. _Obtuse, senseless, irrational, silly, stupid, simple, unintelligent, undiscerning, dull, absurd, foolish, futile, sottish, ignorant._
=Sale.= Bargain, barter, deal, exchange, trade, change.
=Salient.= Leaping, bounding, jumping; projecting; prominent, conspicuous, noticeable, significant; strategic.
ANT. _Retreating, retiring, low-lying; unimportant, inconspicuous, unnoticeable, minor, inconsiderable, subordinate, insignificant._
=Salvation.= Saving, preservation, deliverance; redemption; rescue.
ANT. _Perdition, destruction, damnation, condemnation, loss._
=Sample.= Specimen, example, illustration, case, instance, exemplification.
ANT. _Total, whole, exception, aggregate; abnormality, monstrosity._
=Sanction.= Authorization, authority, countenance; ratification, confirmation, approbation; approval, support, seal, allowance.
ANT. _Discountenance, disallowance, unauthorization; cancelation, nullification; disapproval, non-support._
=Sanguine.= Blood-red, crimson; warm, ardent; hopeful, lively, animated, cheerful; confident, enthusiastic, buoyant; trustful.
ANT. _Pallid, cold, frigid; unresponsive, depressed, lifeless, despondent, despairing, dejected, anxious, suspicious, misgiving, distrustful._
=Sanity.= Saneness, soundness, rationality; reasonableness, wisdom; amenableness.
ANT. _Insanity, aberration, derangement, unsoundness, irrationality, madness, lunacy, alienation, dementia, folly._
=Sarcasm.= Taunt, gibe; scorn, contempt, satire; irony, sneer, ridicule.
ANT. _Compliment, eulogy, praise, approbation, appreciation, panegyric._
=Satisfy.= Satiate, sate, compensate; cloy, surfeit, suffice, content, glut, fill, requite; relieve, reassure, convince; please, recompense, gratify, fulfil.
ANT. _Deprive, deny, starve, stint, refuse; annoy, tantalize; aggravate, tease; displease._
=Savage.= Wild, uncultivated, untamed, uncivilized, rude, brutish, brutal, barbarous, cruel, inhuman, fierce, pitiless, merciless, atrocious, ferocious; murderous, violent.
ANT. _Tame, civilized, cultivated, domesticated, tender, refined, polished, gentle, humane, considerate, pitiful, merciful, protective, generous, subdued, chivalrous, clement, self-controlled._
=Save.= Preserve, rescue, deliver; lay up, reserve, keep; spare, prevent; protect; be economical, hoard, husband; obviate, snatch, catch.
ANT. _Lose, destroy, abandon, imperil, expose, endanger, risk, hazard; waste, lavish, spend, fling away._
=Say.= Utter, express, tell, speak, declare; repeat, rehearse, recite; assert; mention, suggest; suppose; answer; respond, reply; state, pronounce; affirm, deny; allege.
ANT. _Silence, hush, whisper, mumble; be taciturn; suppress, repress; mispronounce._
=Scarce.= Rare, infrequent, deficient; uncommon; scant, sparing, meager, insufficient; unusual, unique, singular, wanting, few, precious.
ANT. _Plenty, abundant, frequent, plentiful, common, thick._
=Scheme=, _n._ Plan, project, contrivance, design, purpose, plot, device; system, outline; machination, intrigue, stratagem, cabal, conspiracy; theory.
ANT. _Blunder, derangement, misarrangement, bungle, botch._
=Scholar.= Learner, pupil, student, savant, disciple.
ANT. _Dunce, fool, ignoramus, illiterate person, idiot, idler._
=Science.= Literature, art, knowledge; truth, facts; skill, expertness; comprehension; information, investigation, experimentation, learning, experience.
ANT. _Ignorance, error, smattering, fallacy, sciolism; inexperience, unfamiliarity, incomprehension._
=Scorn=, _n._ Disdain, derision, contumely, despite, slight, mockery, dishonor; contempt, disregard; sneer, opprobrium.
ANT. _Compliment, commendation, deference, approval, esteem, respect, regard, approbation._
=Scruple=, _n._ Unwillingness, hesitation, doubt; particle; qualm, reluctance, misgiving.
ANT. _Confidence, assurance, recklessness, heedlessness; daring, self-complacency._
=Scrupulous.= Cautious, careful, conscientious, hesitating; exact, nice; questioning, unwilling, punctilious, precise; diffident, dubious.
ANT. _Reckless, confident, careless, unconscientious, self-complacent, heedless, unwary, incautious, daring._
=Scrutiny.= Examination, inspection, observation, search, sifting, exploration, inquisition, inquiry.
ANT. _Oversight, misobservance, disregard, slight, inattention._
=Season.= Time, period, term, interval, spell, while; occasion, opportunity, timeliness, seasonableness.
ANT. _Contretemps, unseasonableness, untimeliness, unsuitableness._
=Seasonable.= Opportune, suitable, timely, fit, convenient, appropriate, normal; periodical; welcome.
ANT. _Inopportune, unsuitable, unfit, untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate, unwelcome, unexpected, abnormal._
=Secure=, _a._ Undisturbed, assured, heedless, inattentive; easy, unanxious, trustful, insured; obtained, acquired; fast, firm; defended, guarded, protected, certain, sheltered, safe.
ANT. _Disturbed, endangered, imperiled, insecure, hazardous; anxious, distrustful, suspicious, careful, precarious; loose, drifting, doubtful, dubious._
=Sedate.= Settled, composed, calm, quiet, tranquil, still, serene, unruffled, undisturbed, contemplative, sober, serious; passive.
ANT. _Flighty, disturbed, uneasy, restless, excited, discomposed, agitated, indiscreet; active, moving; frivolous._
=Sedition.= Riot, rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny; outbreak, uprising, secession, treason; insubordination; tumult, turmoil, anarchy.
ANT. _Peace, pacification, order, quiet, orderliness, obedience, allegiance, fealty, union, patriotism, fidelity._
=See.= Perceive, behold, descry, view; observe, discern, understand, comprehend; watch, look after; interview, visit; associate, meet; accompany, escort; attend, heed, be attentive; gaze, glance at.
ANT. _Be blind; overlook, mistake; misunderstand, miscomprehend; pass, ignore, neglect; disregard, misconceive._
=Seek.= Search, try for, solicit, inquire for, strive after, hunt, follow, trace, prosecute, attempt, endeavor, investigate.
ANT. _Shun, elude, ignore, neglect, disregard, avoid, relinquish, drop, abandon, discard._
=Seldom.= Rarely, not often, infrequently; hardly ever, occasionally.
ANT. _Often, frequently, generally, commonly, regularly, habitually, invariably, uniformly, systematically._
=Selection.= Choice, pick, preference, election, option.
ANT. _Repudiation, rejection, discarding, refusal; exclusion._
=Self-abnegation.= Self-renunciation, self-sacrifice, self-control, self-devotion, self-immolation, self-denial.
ANT. _Self-indulgence, self-gratification, self-will, selfishness, self-seeking._
=Selfish.= Self-seeking, mean, ungenerous, narrow, illiberal, mercenary, greedy, egoistical, self-indulgent.
ANT. _Generous, liberal, altruistic, philanthropic, beneficent, self-denying, public-spirited, magnanimous, unselfish, considerate._
=Send.= Sling, throw, fling, hurl, lance, launch, propel, project, cast, dart, despatch, discharge, drive, emit; forward, transmit, impel, dismiss, delegate, depute.
ANT. _Receive, keep, retain, hold; bring, carry, hand, get, give, convey._
=Sensation.= Emotion, sense, feeling, perception.
ANT. _Apathy, non-sensibility, non-perception, indifference._
=Sense.= Understanding, reason; cognition, apprehension; deduction; perception, feeling; recognition, discernment; reasoning; opinion, judgment, notion, meaning, import, signification.
ANT. _Nonsense, misunderstanding; stupidity, non-apprehension; non-comprehension; stolidity, inertness, non-observance; fancy, folly, unsoundness._
=Sensibility.= Feeling, sensitiveness, susceptibility, impressibility.
ANT. _Coldness, deadness, unconsciousness, hardness, numbness, insensibility._
=Sentiment.= Thought, opinion, notion, sensibility, feeling; susceptibility, impressibility, impression, conviction; emotion; maxim, saying, toast.
ANT. _Nonsense, conjecture, vacuity; assumption, prejudice, preconception._
=Separate=, _v._ Disunite, divide, sever; come between, part; disjoin, divorce; disengage, detach; sunder; withdraw, eliminate, remove, segregate.
ANT. _Unite, consolidate, integrate, connect, join, attach, link, weld, engage, wed; gather, convene, collect._
=Sequence.= Succession, following, consequence, arrangement, order; series, progression, continuity.
ANT. _Precedence, introduction, priority; disorder, disconnection; intermission, irregularity._
=Serious.= Sober, earnest, momentous, grave; thoughtful, sedate, solemn; important, weighty; dangerous.
ANT. _Gay, thoughtless, frivolous, laughing, joking, jocose, careless, trifling, trivial, unimportant, light, insignificant._
=Serve.= Obey, minister to, subserve, promote, aid, help, abet, assist, benefit, succor.
ANT. _Command, order, manage; obstruct, counteract, retard, defeat, injure, thwart, oppose._
=Set.= Put, seat, place, fix; affix, attach; fasten, make stable or firm; obstruct, embarrass; determine upon, fix upon; plant; frame; stiffen, solidify; adjust, regulate, adapt; prepare; replace; spread; stud, variegate; value at, rate at; establish, furnish, prescribe, strengthen, stabilitate, ground, confirm, determine, appoint, assign.
ANT. _Remove, uproot, transfer, eradicate, transplant, unsettle, weaken, soften, destroy, demolish; disperse, discard; denude, disarrange, divest, strip; misvalue, under- or over-rate; abolish, frustrate._
=Settle.= Regulate, arrange, compose, decide; establish; still, calm; clear; restore; depress, sink, lower, make compact, harden; determine, adjust, make up, pacify; liquidate, balance; colonize, people.
ANT. _Disturb, confuse, derange; agitate, unsettle, excite, uproot, overturn; obstruct; elevate, upheave, break up; discompose, disorder, rise, ascend, move; misregulate, aggravate._
=Severe.= Stern, strict, austere, hard, relentless, rigorous, unrelenting, inexorable, harsh, inflexible, rigid, morose, stiff, uncompromising, unmitigated, unyielding; critical, grave, serious.
ANT. _Lenient, clement, unexacting, mild, easy, gay, cheerful, joyous; loose, slack, inexact, indulgent, uncritical, moderate, kind, considerate._
=Shade.= Shadow; darkness, obscurity; screen, shelter, protection; body, spirit, ghost; umbrage, adumbration; degree, minuteness; seclusion.
ANT. _Light, illumination, sunshine, brightness, daylight; glare, radiance, exposure; publicity; quantity, amount; defenselessness._
=Shake.= Agitate, fluctuate, flutter, oscillate, quake, quiver, quaver, rock, shiver, shudder, totter, tremble, waver, wave, sway, swing, vibrate, thrill, jar.
ANT. _Fasten, fix, set, secure, settle, confirm._
=Shame.= Disgrace, reproach, dishonor, ignominy; degradation, contempt, infamy; diffidence, modesty, discredit; humiliation, abashment; decency, decorum.
ANT. _Fame, honor, glory, approval, renown, credit; impudence, shamelessness, indecency, immodesty, indecorum, impropriety._
=Shape.= Appearance, figure, aspect, form, guise; outline; embodiment; character, fashion, mold, pattern, cast, model.
ANT. _Imitation, reproduction, copy; deformity, disfigurement._
=Sharp.= Quick, sagacious, witty, discerning, shrewd, ingenious, sour, acid, tart, acrid, biting, poignant, acrimonious, sarcastic, bitter, painful, afflictive, violent, fierce, ardent, fiery; acute, keen, trenchant, astute, subtle, penetrating, discriminating, inventive, piquant; severe, vigilant, attentive; caustic, cutting; eager, hungry; thin, emaciated; shrill, high; exacting, close.
ANT. _Dull, blunt, slow, obtuse, undiscerning, unresourceful, sweet, honeyed, cloying, saccharine, mellow; soft, gentle, mild, tender, considerate, kindly, lenient, clement; uninventive, indifferent, sluggish, inactive, tame, characterless, spiritless, careless, inattentive; thick; generous, unexacting._
=Shelter.= Defend, guard, harbor, protect, shield, screen, ward, cover, conceal.
ANT. _Expose, betray, imperil, endanger, exhibit, lay bare, discover, attack._
=Short.= Brief, contracted, inadequate, limited, scanty; insufficient, incomplete, imperfect; abrupt, petulant, quick; near, direct, straight; succinct, concise, condensed, compendious; terse, pithy, laconic, curt, sententious; severe, uncivil; narrow; destitute.
ANT. _Long, protracted, extended, adequate, ample, sufficient, plentiful, abundant, copious; perfect, complete; civil, suave, complaisant; circuitous, indirect; tedious, prolix, verbose, extended, wordy; broad; provided for._
=Show=, _v._ Exhibit, present, display; tell, reveal; direct, conduct; clear, prove, manifest, explain, evince; bestow, confer; appear, look, seem; demonstrate, unfold, inform, teach; evidence.
ANT. _Conceal, hide, withhold, suppress, obscure, mystify, cloak, wrap; contradict, deny, refute, disprove, falsify; misinterpret._
=Shrewd.= Keen, critical, subtle, arch, astute, sagacious, acute, discerning, penetrating; malicious, evil, vicious; wily, artful, cunning; clever, sharp, able; discriminating, intelligent.
ANT. _Stolid, stupid, unintelligent, dull, thick, unsagacious, undiscerning, undiscriminating; plain, blank, blunt, frank; kindly, sincere, benevolent; fair, open._
=Sick.= Diseased, ill, disordered, distempered, indisposed, weak, ailing, feeble, morbid; imperfect, impaired, weakened, corrupted; disgusted, surfeited.
ANT. _Healthy, whole, well, sound, strong, robust, salubrious, vigorous, hale, wholesome, salutary._
=Side.= Margin, edge, verge, border, boundary; party, sect, faction, interest, cause, policy, behalf; face, aspect, plane; slope, declivity; half.
ANT. _Center, interior, body, heart, core; opposition, secession, neutrality._
=Sight.= Vision, show, representation, exhibition; faculty of seeing, view; visibility, spectacle; inspection, examination; opinion, judgment; perception, ken, cognizance; contemplation, survey; insight; appearance.
ANT. _Blindness, non-visibility, obscuration; non-appearance; oversight, neglect; disappearance; vanishing; impression, prejudice._
=Sign.= Mark, manifestation, indication, presage, symbol, type, token, emblem, note, omen, signal, prognostic, symptom.
=Significant.= Expressive, suggestive, important; weighty, momentous; manifest, intimating, declarative, betokening, implying, meaning, denoting; telling, speaking; forcible; conspicuous.
ANT. _Insignificant, meaningless, inconspicuous, mute, inexpressive, expressionless, unsuggestive._
=Silence.= Stillness, hush, restfulness, quiet, muteness, noiselessness, calm, peace, tranquillity; dumbness, taciturnity; obscurity, secrecy, oblivion.
ANT. _Noise, sound, tumult, clamor, roar, storm, din, unrest, babel, commotion, reverberation, resonance, agitation, clatter; talkativeness, loquacity, garrulity; publicity, fame, rumor, repute, celebrity._
=Similar.= Corresponding, like, resembling, uniform, homogeneous; congruous, harmonious.
ANT. _Dissimilar, unlike, different, alien, discordant, heterogeneous, incongruous._
=Simple.= Silly; single, uncombined; plain, unadorned; mere; sincere, artless, unaffected, natural; direct, clear, perspicuous; credulous, foolish; humble, undistinguished, lowly; innocent; elementary.
ANT. _Complex, double, compound, combined, mixed; ornate, adorned; blended, fused, multiform; artful, affected, artificial; indirect, complicated, circuitous, skeptic, pragmatic; proud, haughty, distinguished, celebrated; various, organized, elaborate; designing, insincere, double-minded; developed, perfect._
=Sin.= Evil, crime, guilt, offense, wickedness, fault, vice, criminality, misdeed; viciousness, ungodliness, wrong, wrongdoing, unrighteousness, iniquity, transgression, immorality, depravity, delinquency.
ANT. _Virtue, godliness, rectitude, uprightness, sinlessness, excellence, blamelessness, goodness, holiness, innocence, morality, integrity, purity, righteousness, right._
=Sing.= Chant, carol, chirp, hum, warble, chirrup.
=Singular.= Unexampled, eminent, unprecedented, extraordinary, remarkable, uncommon, rare, unusual, peculiar, strange, odd, eccentric, fantastic; individual, unique; conspicuous, consummate, exceptional, particular; curious, queer.
ANT. _Common, everyday, ordinary, commonplace, general, universal, usual, regular, customary, frequent, numerous; unnoticeable, normal, typical, inconspicuous, humdrum._
=Sink.= Subside, drop, droop, decay, lower, lessen; submerge, immerse, engulf; depress, degrade, debase, diminish; fall, descend; decline, dwindle, decrease; weary, flag, abate; reduce; drown; attenuate.
ANT. _Rise, ascend, mount, increase, augment, aggrandize, swell; flourish, exalt, heighten, promote, enhance; encourage, perpetuate._
=Situation.= Site, station, post, case, plight, state; location, position; place, office; condition; locality, seat, ground, spot; circumstance, predicament; category; employment; footing, aspect; birth, standing.
ANT. _Absence, dislodgment, displacement, non-assignment._
=Skeptic.= Agnostic, doubter, freethinker, infidel, unbeliever, deist, atheist, disbeliever.
ANT. _Christian, believer._
=Sketch=, _n._ Outline, picture, design, drawing, draft; skeleton, plan, brief.
=Skilful.= Expert, dexterous, apt, handy, adroit, clever, deft, proficient, skilled, trained, accomplished, happy, ingenious, practiced; adept, masterly, cunning.
ANT. _Unskilled, clumsy, inexpert, unskilful, unintelligent, awkward, incompetent, unprepared, untrained, unable, untaught, bungling, helpless, maladroit, shiftless._
=Slander=, _v._ Defame, disparage, depreciate, malign, asperse, calumniate, libel, vilify, revile, traduce, decry, backbite.
ANT. _Extol, eulogize, laud, praise, vindicate, defend._
=Slang.= Vulgarity, cant, colloquialism, vulgarism.
ANT. _Diction, language._
=Slender.= Small, narrow, slim; weak, feeble, slight; moderate, trivial, inconsiderable, meager; spare, abstemious, frugal.
ANT. _Thick, stout, robust, broad, ample, deep, bulky, considerable, massive, weighty; giant, colossal._
=Slippery.= Smooth, glib; mutable, uncertain, fickle, inconstant; unstable, changeable; wanton, loose, unchaste; icy, glassy, insecure, perilous, unsafe; shifty, elusive; deceptive, evasive; unprincipled.
ANT. _Rough, firm, safe, secure, stable; constant, certain, dependable, upright, sincere, outright, trustworthy, sound._
=Slow.= Deliberate, dilatory, lingering, gradual, moderate, procrastinating, tardy; inert, inactive, sluggish, drowsy, dull, delaying, dawdling.
ANT. _Nimble, active, brisk, alert, lively, prompt, speedy, quick, spry, swift, agile._
=Small.= Little, diminutive, inconsiderable; inconsequential, uninfluential, trivial, insignificant; paltry, mean, incapable, unable; short; weak, slender, gentle, low; tiny, puny; unimportant; scanty, moderate; sordid, selfish; inferior, unintellectual, ungifted, unintelligent.
ANT. _Large, great, big, extensive, enormous, bulky, massive, weighty, ample, spacious, broad, strong, stout, generous, liberal, munificent; important, significant, notable, influential, distinguished, gifted, magnanimous, intelligent, intellectual, superior, competent._
=Smart.= Acute, quick, lively, brisk, clever, dashy, showy; pungent, pricking; keen, severe, poignant; vigorous, sharp; active, shrewd; efficient, witty; pretentious, spruce; fresh.
ANT. _Dull, heavy, blunt, obtuse, dense, stupid; aching; slow, inactive, sluggish, inefficient, shabby, dowdy, boorish, clownish._
=Sneer.= Jeer, mock, gibe, taunt, fling, scoff.
ANT. _Smile, laugh; flatter, compliment; cheer._
=Sober.= Abstinent, abstemious, moderate, regular; steady, collected, quiet, cool, staid, somber; temperate; dispassionate, self-controlled, calm, self-possessed, solemn, sedate.
ANT. _Intemperate, intoxicated, drunk, impassioned, excited, heated, furious, passionate; unreasonable, immoderate, uncontrolled, agitated, extravagant; erratic, eccentric._
=Socialism.= Communism, collectivism, fabianism.
=Society.= Companionship, fellowship, company; participation, connection; association, partnership; community, sodality, communion, intercourse.
ANT. _Solitude, solitariness, privacy, separation, segregation; individuality, personality; disconnection, dissociation, unsociability._
=Soft.= Yielding, impressible, malleable; smooth, delicate; agreeable, gentle, flowing; flexible; mild, tender, conciliatory, kind; effeminate, weak; easy; quiet, peaceful, tranquil.
ANT. _Hard, unyielding, impervious, tough, stubborn, impermeable; non-resilient; disagreeable, harsh, brusk, gruff, unkind; strong, manly; virile; rough, coarse, rigid, rigorous, abrupt; resolute, determined._
=Solemnity.= Gravity, formality, ritual, ceremonial, sobriety, seriousness, reverence, devotion; celebration, observance; sanctity, awfulness, sacredness; impressiveness.