quieten

Verb

Meaning

make calm or still

cause to be quiet or not talk

become quiet or quieter

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hush still quiet silence calm lull shut up tranquilize quiesce pipe down tranquillize hush up tranquillise quiet down chill out

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Antonyms

chevy rouse miff vex pique nettle

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Hypernyms

console suppress comfort conquer subdue solace

Hyponyms

shush compose gentle muzzle assure gag

Examples

Great Music, it said, and Great Poetry would like quieten Modern Youth down and make Modern Youth more Civilized. Civilized my syphilised yarbles. Anthony Burgess

The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match. John Forsythe

quiet the dragons of worry and fear Source: Internet

Please silence the children in the church! Source: Internet

The audience fell silent when the speaker entered Source: Internet

At the time, such imagery was viewed as nationalistic and racially insensitive by the British music press; to quieten concerns, Blur released the "British Image 2" photo, which was "a camp restaging of a pre-war aristocratic tea party". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

quiet zone quietage quieted down quieten down quietener quietening