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peaceful

//ˈpiːsfl̩//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for peaceful

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
more peaceful
Superlative
most peaceful

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
peacefuls

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.

  2. 2.Inclined to peace.

  3. 3.Motionless and calm.

    • Attractive cottages look out on a scene so peaceful that lapping wavelets, stirred by the breeze, are often the loudest sound to be heard.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A non-player character who is not hostile to the player.

    • You can trade with some of the peacefuls in the town area.
  2. 2.a Muslim; especially a violent member of a radical Islamist group.(offensive)

    • They only have to use a bit of code to name those people; nowadays they call them “peacefuls”. A smirking euphemism is all it takes to sail through Twitter’s filter, and keep the hate-speech flowing.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #4000

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Related words

Word family

Etymology

From Middle English peesful, pesful, paisful, pesefull.

By surface analysis, peace + -ful.

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