noisy vs quiet vs silent
Definitions
adjective
- full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
- attracting attention by showiness or bright colors
Examples
While the Irish government generates a lot of noisy, self-righteous cant about the evils of cigarettes at home, it makes a pretty packet from ‘selling death’ abroad.
What would you say to Mrs So-and-so who has called to complain about a noisy neighbour?
People feared the development would cause traffic gridlock and claimed noisy fans would make their lives a misery.
Definitions
noun
- a period of calm weather
- an untroubled state; free from disturbances
- the absence of sound
- a disposition free from stress or emotion
verb
- become quiet or quieter
- make calm or still
adjective
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- not showy or obtrusive
- (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
- characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
- free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
adverb
- with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')
Examples
She is simply bartering goodies in return for comparative quietness.
‘I want to come back when it's a bit quieter,’ I shouted over the din of amplified music, throbbing diesel generators and rattling joy rides.
Once upon a time there was an old sow of impeccable reputation who lived a quiet life inside a busy farmyard.
