Crossword clues for calmness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calmness \Calm"ness\, n. The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.
The gentle calmness of the flood.
--Denham.
Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power.
--E.
Everett.
Syn: Quietness; quietude; stillness; tranquillity; serenity; repose; composure; sedateness; placidity.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1510s, from calm (adj.) + -ness.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being calm; tranquillity; silence. 2 (context countable English) The product of being calm.
WordNet
n. steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: composure, calm, equanimity] [ant: discomposure]
an absence of strong winds or rain
a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement [ant: agitation]
Wikipedia
Calmness is the mental state of peace of mind being free from agitation, excitement, or disturbance. It also refers being in a state of serenity, tranquillity, or peace. Calmness can most easily occur for the average person during a state of relaxation, but it can also be found during much more alert and aware states. Some people find that focusing the mind on something external, or even internal, such as the breathing, can itself be very calming.
Calmness is a quality that can be cultivated and increased with practice. It usually takes a trained mind to stay calm in the face of a great deal of different stimulation, and possible distractions, especially emotional ones. The negative emotions are the greatest challenge to someone who is attempting to cultivate a calm mind. Some disciplines that promote and develop calmness are prayer, yoga, relaxation training, breath training, and meditation. Jon Kabat-Zinn states that “Concentration is a cornerstone of mindfulness practice. Your mindfulness will only be as robust as the capacity of your mind to be calm and stable. Without calmness, the mirror of mindfulness will have an agitated and choppy surface and will not be able to reflect things with any accuracy.”
Another term usually associated with calmness is "Peace". A mind that is at peace or calm will cause the brain to produce "good" hormones, which in turn give the person a stable emotional state and promote good health in every area of life, including marriage. Seeing the rise in crime and diseases around the world which are more often than not the consequences of the emotions going 'out-of-control', it is therefore considered beneficial for many to stay calm and cultivate it in every possible situation, especially during stressful events such as demise of a family member or failure in business.
Usage examples of "calmness".
Romans imitated that distinctive attitude, pretending to Augustan calmness that had actually ceased to be a part of public life.
By the time he reached the foredeck, he had regained not just calmness, but wholeness.
This was the woman who had showed discrimination and calmness in face of a great danger on the Garonne.
When those minutes were over calmness and consideration returned, and I was able to look about.
As my back was turned to him, in an endeavour to speak some words to Nelly that might soothe her into calmness, she, who was looking after him, like one fascinated with terror, saw him take a sharp, shaley stone, and aim it at me.
Galen, although Pertinax welcomed her calmness as excusing unenthusiasm in herself.
As I was praising the noble calmness with which a certain prince had lost a thousand roubles to him, he laughed and said that the fine gamester I had mentioned played upon credit but never paid.
When the boat tied up and the lictors climbed out the citizens backed away a little, obviously taken aback at such calmness, such alien but impressive splendor.
By and by he takes his hands away, and so preserves his dignity and outward calmness, though there is no more colour in his face than in his white hair, that Mr. Bucket is a little awed by him.
The same causes lead to confusion of tongues, a clattering of crockery, a rattling of tin mugs, a whisking of brooms, and an expenditure of water, all in excess, while the saturation of the young ladies themselves is almost too moving a spectacle for Mrs. Bagnet to look upon with the calmness proper to her position.
Thus he preserved his amusement at her quaint warmths, and quainter calmness, his aesthetic pleasure in watching her, whose strange, half-hypnotized, half-hypnotic gaze, had a sort of dreamy and pathetic lovingness, as if she were brimful of affections that had no outlet.
The priest hastened back to the wagon, and with well-affected calmness told the baron that it would be impossible for him to take up his abode at the Borderie at present, that several suspicious-looking characters had been seen prowling about, and that they must be more prudent than ever, now they could rely upon the kindly intervention of Martial de Sairmeuse.
Salimberi died a year ago in the Tyrol in the prime of life, with the calmness of a true philosopher.
He told me with wonderful calmness that instead of meditating vengeance on Messer-Grande I should be thinking of putting myself in a place of safety.
I put back the coverlet with the greatest calmness, and addressed her in a tone of cold contempt: "No, madam, I shall not leave this room degraded because you have told me so, but I shall leave it after imparting to you a few degrading truths, of which you cannot be ignorant if you are a woman of any decency whatever.