What are the opposite words for calmness?
Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. For the word "calmness," some antonyms include agitation, turmoil, anxiety, restlessness, and chaos. Agitation refers to a state of being disturbed or upset, whereas calmness is characterized by tranquility and composure. Turmoil describes a state of confusion and disorder, which is the opposite of calmness. Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness and apprehension, and restlessness is a state of being unable to stay still or focus. Lastly, chaos is a state of complete disorder and confusion, which is the antithesis of calmness. Understanding the different antonyms for calmness can help individuals communicate effectively and accurately.
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- severity
- thought
- violence
- resentment
- desire
- action
- difficulty
- feeling
- aggravation
- agitation
- excitement
- fear
- alarm
- amazement
- uncertainty
- disorder
- emotion
- ghost
- enthusiasm
- disagreement
- drama
- surprise
- insanity
- dismay
- protest
- regret
- sensation
- tightness
- doubt
- quietness
- revolution
- anger
- animation
- anticipation
- anxiousness
- asperity
- astonishment
- austerity
- burden
- care
- chaos
- clamor
- confusion
- disorientation
- disquiet
- distress
- excitation
- fanaticism
- fire
- hoo-hah
- hysteria
- incommodiousness
- insaneness
- intensity
- lustfulness
- malaise
- mental state
- millstone
- misery
- nerves
- paroxysm
- passion
- pother
- restlessness
- row
- rumpus
- scruple
- stew
- temper
- to-do
- unease
- unrest
- annoyance
- anxiety
- apprehension
- aspersion
- bedlam
- bliss
- bother
- bugaboo
- bugbear
- bustle
- commotion
- concern
- consternation
- delirium
- din
- disaster
- disquietude
- distraction
- disturbance
- ecstasy
- emergency
- faction
- ferment
- fever
- flap
- flurry
- frenzy
- fury
- fuss
- hardship
- hassle
- horror
- hurry
- impatience
- inconvenience
- inquietude
- ire
- madness
- mania
- misfortune
- misgiving
- nervousness
- noise
- outbreak
- qualm
- quarrel
- rigor
- riot
- shock
- stir
- storm
- strain
- stress
- tension
- tribulation
- trouble
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- umbrage
- uneasiness
- whirl
- wrath
- something done
- upset
- feeling of sudden fear
- convulsion
- state of surprise
- state of being mad, annoyed
- feeling of anxiety
- liveliness; activity
- worry, tension
- anxiety, fear
- harshness; bad temper
- verbal exhibition of bad temper
- chaotic situation
- awe
- trouble, inconvenience
- mental weight; stress
- quick and busy activity
- personal interest, concern
- suspense
- clamor, uproar
- interest; anxiety
- dismay, distress
- dissatisfaction
- problem; situation requiring great effort
- loud, continuous noise
- exasperation
- disappointed feeling; distress
- social commotion; mental confusion
- worry; mental upset
- discontent, unhappiness
- having one's attention drawn away
- pain, agony
- commotion; upset
- lack of faith, conviction; questioning
- turmoil in real life
- crisis, danger
- snit
- keen interest, excitement
- upset, provocation
- enthusiasm; incitement
- conflict, strife
- overenthusiasm
- alarm, apprehension
- agitation, uprising
- state of high temperature or agitation
- animation, vigor
- perturbation, upset
- uncontrolled state or situation
- extreme apprehension
- disturbance, excitement
- anger, wrath
- disturbance, trouble
- mental suffering
- personal burden
- problem, fight
- fear, revulsion
- bad mood
- speed in action, motion
- state of extreme upset
- inability, unwillingness to wait
- bother, trouble
- passion, force
- a disturbed mental state
- commotion, fuss
- depression, sickness
- fixation, madness
- angst
- pain, mental or physical
- extreme anxiety
- anxious state
- sound that is loud or not harmonious
- sudden happening
- seizure, spasm
- strong emotion
- complaint, disapproval
- nagging doubt
- commotion; fight
- extreme anger
- upset over past action
- hate, anger
- constant motion; discontent
- drastic action or change, often in politics
- strictness, exactness
- uprising, disorder
- fight, ruckus
- frightened state
- something wonderful or awe-inspiring
- complete surprise; blow
- maddened state
- commotion, turmoil
- pain, due to exertion
- something amazing; state of amazement
- angriness; bad mood
- intense fear
- idea, concept
- commotion, excitement
- anxiety, worry
- annoyance, worry
- uproar, confusion
- personal displeasure
- doubt, changeableness
- state of agitation; disturbance
- commotion, confusion
- anxiety, trouble
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- severity
- thought
- violence
- resentment
- desire
- action
- difficulty
- feeling
- aggravation
- agitation
- excitement
- fear
- alarm
- amazement
- uncertainty
- disorder
- emotion
- ghost
- enthusiasm
- disagreement
- drama
-
surprise
- suddenness,
- thunderbolt,
- epiphanies,
- curveball,
- curveballs,
- dis illusion,
- dis illusions,
- dis-illusion,
- dis-illusions,
- eurekas,
- mis calculation,
- mis-calculation,
- mis-calculations,
- precipitousnesses,
- re velation,
- re velations,
- re-velation,
- re-velations,
- suddennesses,
- sur prise,
- sur prises,
- sur-prise,
- sur-prises,
- un expected,
- un-expected,
- un-foreseen,
- unexpecteds,
- unforeseens.
- insanity
- dismay
- protest
-
regret
- ruefulness,
- self-disgust,
- self-reproach,
- regretfulness,
- regretfulnesses,
- ruefulnesses,
- self accusation,
- self accusations,
- self condemnation,
- self condemnations,
- self disgust,
- self disgusts,
- self reproach,
- self reproaches,
- self-accusations,
- self-condemnations,
- self-disgusts,
- selfaccusation,
- selfaccusations,
- selfcondemnation,
- selfcondemnations,
- selfdisgust,
- selfdisgusts,
- selfreproach,
- selfreproaches.
- sensation
- tightness
-
doubt
- agnosticism,
- demurral,
- agnosticisms,
- demurrals,
- dis belief,
- dis beliefs,
- dis credit,
- dis credits,
- dis trust,
- dis trusts,
- dis-belief,
- dis-beliefs,
- dis-credit,
- dis-credits,
- dis-trust,
- dis-trusts,
- falterings,
- in certitude,
- in certitudes,
- in credulities,
- in credulity,
- in decision,
- in decisions,
- in-certitudes,
- in-decision,
- in-decisions,
- lack confidence,
- lack of confidence,
- waverings.
- quietness
-
revolution
- re-formation,
- turnover,
- turnovers,
- risings,
- coup detat,
- golpe,
- golpes,
- guerrilla activities,
- guerrilla activity,
- in novation,
- in novations,
- in subordination,
- in subordinations,
- in-novation,
- in-subordination,
- in-subordinations,
- meta morphoses,
- meta morphosis,
- meta-morphoses,
- meta-morphosis,
- over throw,
- over throws,
- over turn,
- over turns,
- over-throw,
- over-throws,
- over-turn,
- radical change,
- radical changes,
- re formations,
- re versal,
- re volutions,
- re-formations,
- re-versal,
- re-volution,
- re-volutions,
- shake ups,
- shake-up,
- shake-ups,
- sub version,
- sub versions,
- sub-version,
- sub-versions,
- trans formation,
- trans formations,
- trans-formations,
- underground activities,
- underground activity.
-
anger
- gall,
- hatred,
- ill humor,
- ill temper,
- infuriation,
- ire,
- miff,
- stew,
- tizzy,
- violence,
- Mads,
- hissy fit,
- slow burn,
- blow ups,
- cat fit,
- cat fits,
- dis approbation,
- dis approbations,
- dis pleasure,
- dis pleasures,
- dis temper,
- dis tempers,
- dis-approbation,
- dis-approbations,
- dis-pleasure,
- dis-pleasures,
- dis-temper,
- dis-tempers,
- hissy fits,
- ill humors,
- ill tempers,
- infuriations,
- out rage,
- out rages,
- out-rage,
- out-rages,
- ranklings,
- slow burns.
- animation
- anticipation
- anxiousness
- asperity
- astonishment
-
austerity
- asceticism,
- astringence,
- baldness,
- chasteness,
- exactness,
- formality,
- formalness,
- inclemency,
- self-discipline,
- spareness,
- starkness,
- Inclemencies,
- rusticism,
- exactingness,
- dourness,
- Spartanism,
- asceticisms,
- astringences,
- baldnesses,
- chastenesses,
- de termination,
- de terminations,
- de-termination,
- de-terminations,
- dournesses,
- exactingnesses,
- formalnesses,
- in clemencies,
- in clemency,
- in flexibilities,
- in flexibility,
- in-clemencies,
- in-clemency,
- in-flexibilities,
- in-flexibility,
- primitivenesses,
- rusticisms,
- self denial,
- self discipline,
- self disciplines,
- self-disciplines,
- selfdenial,
- selfdisciplines,
- sparenesses,
- spartanisms,
- un adornment,
- un adornments,
- un-adornment,
- un-adornments,
- unadornment,
- unadornments.
- burden
- care
- chaos
- clamor
-
confusion
- disorientation,
- Addlings,
- Clutterings,
- abashings,
- be fuddling,
- be-fuddling,
- befuddlings,
- blurrings,
- confoundings,
- de moralization,
- de moralizations,
- de-moralization,
- de-moralizations,
- dis arranging,
- dis array,
- dis arrays,
- dis location,
- dis locations,
- dis organization,
- dis organizations,
- dis orientation,
- dis orientations,
- dis-arranging,
- dis-array,
- dis-arrays,
- dis-location,
- dis-locations,
- dis-organization,
- dis-organizations,
- dis-orientation,
- dis-orientations,
- disarrangings,
- discomfitings,
- disorientations,
- disturbings,
- dumbfoundings,
- embarrassings,
- embroilings,
- emotional upset,
- emotional upsets,
- mis take,
- mis takes,
- mis-take,
- mis-takes,
- mixup mystifications,
- obscurings,
- perplexings,
- stirring up,
- stirring ups,
- tanglings,
- un settling,
- un settlings,
- un tidiness,
- un tidinesses,
- un-settling,
- un-settlings,
- un-tidinesses,
- unsettlings,
- up setting,
- up settings,
- up-setting,
- up-settings,
- upsettings.
- disorientation
- disquiet
- distress
- excitation
-
fanaticism
- arbitrariness,
- extremism,
- illiberality,
- immoderation,
- monomania,
- obsessiveness,
- single-mindedness,
- willfulness,
- zealotry,
- Incorrigibility,
- illiberalities,
- zealotries,
- singlemindedness,
- arbitrarinesses,
- in corrigibilities,
- in corrigibility,
- in justices,
- in-corrigibilities,
- in-corrigibility,
- in-justice,
- in-tolerance,
- in-tolerances,
- incorrigibilities,
- monomanias,
- obsessivenesses,
- single mindedness,
- single mindednesses,
- single-mindednesses,
- singlemindednesses,
- un fairnesses,
- un reasonableness,
- un reasonablenesses,
- un-fairness,
- un-fairnesses,
- un-reasonableness,
- un-reasonablenesses,
- willfulnesses.
- fire
- hoo-hah
- hysteria
- incommodiousness
- insaneness
- intensity
- lustfulness
- malaise
- mental state
- millstone
- misery
- nerves
- paroxysm
- passion
- pother
-
restlessness
- ant,
- fitfulness,
- inconstancy,
- inquietude,
- jumpiness,
- restiveness,
- transience,
- unease,
- Unsettledness,
- Ants,
- inconstancies,
- antsiness,
- antsinesses,
- fitfulnesses,
- in constancies,
- in constancy,
- in stability,
- in-constancies,
- in-constancy,
- in-stabilities,
- in-stability,
- transiences,
- un settledness,
- un-settledness,
- un-settlednesses,
- unsettlednesses,
- worriednesses.
- row
- rumpus
- scruple
- stew
- temper
- to-do
- unease
- unrest
- annoyance
-
anxiety
- anxiousness,
- butterfly,
- cold sweat,
- fretfulness,
- mistrust,
- willies,
- worriment,
- Butterflies,
- Uncertainties,
- Nail Biting,
- all overs,
- allovers,
- ants in pants,
- ants pants,
- cold sweats,
- fore boding,
- fore bodings,
- fore-boding,
- fore-bodings,
- fretfulnesses,
- mis trust,
- mis trusts,
- mis-trust,
- mis-trusts,
- nail bitings,
- nail-biting,
- nail-bitings,
- nailbiting,
- nailbitings,
- pins needles,
- worriments.
- apprehension
- aspersion
- bedlam
- bliss
- bother
- bugaboo
- bugbear
- bustle
-
commotion
- flap,
- mutiny,
- uprising,
- big scene,
- big scenes,
- big stink,
- big stinks,
- hell broke loose,
- hell broke looses,
- out cries,
- out cry,
- out-cries,
- out-cry,
- re volt,
- re volts,
- re-volt,
- re-volts,
- up rising,
- up risings,
- up set,
- up sets,
- up turn,
- up turns,
- up-rising,
- up-risings,
- up-set,
- up-sets,
- up-turn,
- up-turns.
- concern
- consternation
- delirium
- din
- disaster
- disquietude
- distraction
- disturbance
- ecstasy
- emergency
- faction
- ferment
- fever
- flap
- flurry
-
frenzy
- flip one's lid,
- blow a fuse,
- wingdings,
- wingding,
- blow a fuses,
- blow cork,
- blow corks,
- blow fuse,
- blow fuses,
- blow one cork,
- blow one corks,
- blow one stack,
- blow one stacks,
- blow one top,
- blow one tops,
- blow one's cork,
- blow one's corks,
- blow one's stacks,
- blow one's top,
- blow one's tops,
- blow ones cork,
- blow ones corks,
- blow ones stack,
- blow ones stacks,
- blow ones top,
- blow ones tops,
- blow stack,
- blow stacks,
- blow top,
- blow tops,
- flip lid,
- flip lids,
- flip one lid,
- flip one lids,
- flip one's lids,
- flip ones lid,
- flip ones lids,
- free for all,
- out burst,
- out bursts,
- out-burst,
- out-bursts.
- fury
- fuss
- hardship
- hassle
- horror
- hurry
- impatience
-
inconvenience
- cumbersomeness,
- incommodiousness,
- troublesomeness,
- untimeliness,
- unwieldiness,
- Unhandiness,
- bothersomeness,
- bothersomenesses,
- cumbersomenesses,
- dis advantage,
- dis advantages,
- dis-advantage,
- dis-advantages,
- in conveniences,
- in-convenience,
- in-conveniences,
- troublesomenesses,
- un fitness,
- un fitnesses,
- un handiness,
- un handinesses,
- un suitableness,
- un suitablenesses,
- un timeliness,
- un-fitness,
- un-fitnesses,
- un-handiness,
- un-handinesses,
- un-suitableness,
- un-suitablenesses,
- un-timeliness,
- unhandinesses,
- unwieldinesses.
- inquietude
- ire
- madness
- mania
- misfortune
- misgiving
- nervousness
- noise
- outbreak
- qualm
- quarrel
- rigor
- riot
- shock
-
stir
- stir.
- storm
- strain
- stress
- tension
- tribulation
- trouble
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- umbrage
- uneasiness
- whirl
- wrath
- something done
- upset
- feeling of sudden fear
- convulsion
- state of surprise
- state of being mad, annoyed
- feeling of anxiety
- liveliness; activity
- worry, tension
- anxiety, fear
- harshness; bad temper
- verbal exhibition of bad temper
- chaotic situation
- awe
- trouble, inconvenience
- mental weight; stress
- quick and busy activity
-
personal interest, concern
- care.
- suspense
- clamor, uproar
- interest; anxiety
- dismay, distress
-
dissatisfaction
- lamentation,
- querulousness,
- de solation,
- de solations,
- de-solation,
- de-solations,
- dis approval,
- dis approvals,
- dis comfort,
- dis comforts,
- dis favor,
- dis favors,
- dis inclination,
- dis inclinations,
- dis liking,
- dis likings,
- dis relish,
- dis relishes,
- dis satisfaction,
- dis satisfactions,
- dis taste,
- dis tastes,
- dis-approval,
- dis-approvals,
- dis-comfort,
- dis-comforts,
- dis-favor,
- dis-favors,
- dis-inclination,
- dis-inclinations,
- dis-liking,
- dis-likings,
- dis-relish,
- dis-relishes,
- dis-satisfaction,
- dis-satisfactions,
- dis-taste,
- dis-tastes,
- dislikings,
- in disposition,
- in dispositions,
- in-disposition,
- in-dispositions,
- malcontentment,
- malcontentments,
- malcontents,
- querulousnesses.
- problem; situation requiring great effort
-
loud, continuous noise
- din.
- exasperation
- disappointed feeling; distress
- social commotion; mental confusion
- worry; mental upset
- discontent, unhappiness
- having one's attention drawn away
- pain, agony
- commotion; upset
- lack of faith, conviction; questioning
- turmoil in real life
- crisis, danger
- snit
- keen interest, excitement
- upset, provocation
- enthusiasm; incitement
- conflict, strife
- overenthusiasm
-
alarm, apprehension
- fear.
- agitation, uprising
- state of high temperature or agitation
-
animation, vigor
- fire.
- perturbation, upset
- uncontrolled state or situation
- extreme apprehension
- disturbance, excitement
-
anger, wrath
- fury.
-
disturbance, trouble
- fuss.
-
mental suffering
- pain.
- personal burden
- problem, fight
- fear, revulsion
-
bad mood
- huff.
- speed in action, motion
- state of extreme upset
- inability, unwillingness to wait
- bother, trouble
- passion, force
- a disturbed mental state
- commotion, fuss
- depression, sickness
- fixation, madness
- angst
- pain, mental or physical
- extreme anxiety
- anxious state
- sound that is loud or not harmonious
- sudden happening
- seizure, spasm
- strong emotion
- complaint, disapproval
- nagging doubt
- commotion; fight
-
extreme anger
- rage.
- upset over past action
- hate, anger
- constant motion; discontent
- drastic action or change, often in politics
- strictness, exactness
-
uprising, disorder
- riot.
-
fight, ruckus
- row.
- frightened state
- something wonderful or awe-inspiring
- complete surprise; blow
-
maddened state
- snit.
- commotion, turmoil
- pain, due to exertion
- something amazing; state of amazement
- angriness; bad mood
- intense fear
- idea, concept
- commotion, excitement
- anxiety, worry
- annoyance, worry
- uproar, confusion
- personal displeasure
- doubt, changeableness
- state of agitation; disturbance
- commotion, confusion
- anxiety, trouble
-
Other relevant words
- affright,
- crack-up,
- fidgets,
- bustle,
- clamor,
- commotion,
- desperation,
- din,
- discomfort,
- distress,
- doubt,
- eagerness,
- emotion,
- excitability,
- excitableness,
- excitement,
- fearfulness,
- feeling,
- foreboding,
- frenzy,
- fury,
- hubbub,
- incertitude,
- jitters,
- misgiving,
- noise,
- pandemonium,
- passion,
- presentiment,
- racket,
- sensibility,
- sensitiveness,
- storm,
- strain,
- stress,
- susceptibility,
- suspense,
- sympathy,
- tenseness,
- tension,
- torment,
- tumult,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- uncertainty,
- unrest,
- uproar,
- upset,
- vehemence,
- vexation,
- worry,
- Desperateness,
- unquietness.
-
Other antonyms
- animation,
- astonishment,
- beguilement,
- care,
- dread,
- ecstasy,
- fear,
- hatred,
- illiberality,
- riot,
- surprise,
- wrath.
Antonym of the day
leading the way
- Antonyms:
- abandon, follow, misguide.
