quieten
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(verb) cause to be quiet or not talk; "This threat ought to shut them up!" |
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Synonyms: hush, hush up, shut up, silence, still |
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Related Words: calm down, conquer, curb, damp, dampen, deaden, gag, inhibit, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, shout down, shush, stamp down, subdue, suppress, tone down |
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(verb) become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" |
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Synonyms: hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down |
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Related Words: change intensity |
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(verb) make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" |
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Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, still, tranquilize, tranquillize |
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Related Words: appease, assuage, assure, comfort, compose, conciliate, console, gentle, gruntle, lenify, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, reassure, solace, soothe |
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