hush

Speech parts

1. hush - Noun

2. hush - Adjective

3. hush - Verb

Meaning

To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.

To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.

Stillness; silence; quiet.

Silent; quiet.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

still quiet silence stillness pipe down hush up quiet down shush calm mute shut up quietness quiesce keep quiet be quiet
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Antonyms

cole babel kohl echo clank jabber
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Hypernyms

wash water change quiet silence suppress

Hyponyms

shush muzzle gag lull calm down shout down

Phrases with the word

hush money hush up hush-hush hush one's mouth on the hush-hush on the hush

Derivatives

hushed hushing

Examples

There is no sign of leaf or bud, A hush is over everything - Silent as women wait for love, The world is waiting for the spring. Sara Teasdale

All night have the roses heard The flute, violin, bassoon All night has the casement jessamine stirred To the dancers dancing in tune Till a silence fell with the waking bird, And a hush with the setting moon. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

The tender Evenlode that makes Her meadows hush to hear the sound Of waters mingling in the brakes, And binds my heart to English ground.A lovely river, all alone, She lingers in the hills and holds A hundred little towns of stone, Forgotten in the western wolds. Hilaire Belloc

Speak whenever you must, hush whenever you can. Panamanian Proverb

Autumn is the hush before winter. French Proverb

If the child cries let the mother hush it, and if it will not be hushed let it cry. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Husein Huseman Huser hush as death hush clause hush down