peaceful

comparative more peaceful · comparative peacefuller · comparative peacefuler · superlative most peaceful · superlative peacefullest · superlative peacefulest · alternative archaic peacefull

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

   peaceful protest

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   Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.

   2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845

   Antonyms: warring, at war

2. Inclined to peace.

   Synonyms: dovish, irenic, pacate, peaceable, pacific, pacifistic, roolie, anti-bellicist · Antonyms: belligerent, violent, agonistic, argumentative, bangsome, bellicose, belligerent, contentious

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.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 220, about Hanmer, Wales

   Synonyms: tranquil, placid, still, quiet, calm, steady, collected, composed

plural peacefuls · alternative archaic peacefull

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

   You can trade with some of the peacefuls in the town area.

2. IndiaInternetoffensiveIslama Muslim; especially a violent member of a radical Islamist group.

   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.

   2021, Raghu Karnad, The Wire