Synonyms for quieten
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kwahy-i-tn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwaɪ ɪ tn |
Top 10 synonyms for quieten Other synonyms for the word quieten
- choke off
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dumb
- dummy up
- hold one's tongue
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft-pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
Définition of quieten
Origin :- 1828, "to make quiet;" 1890, "to become quiet," from quiet (adj.) + -en (1).
- verb silence
- His calmness, and the steadiness of his voice seemed to quieten her.
- Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
- I says: 'See, Jennings, how women-folk do quieten babbies; it's just as I said.'
- Extract from : « Mary Barton » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Marys task was to quieten the country, a task perhaps impossible.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Mary Stuart » by Andrew Lang
- Lance may, after all, quieten down, and he must have some good qualities.
- Extract from : « The Impostor » by Harold Bindloss
- She could only surmise that the man had a conscience, and that in this way he strove to quieten it.
- Extract from : « A Woman's Burden » by Fergus Hume
- Coontin' the times ye've been at the kirk'll no' quieten your fears.
- Extract from : « Betty Grier » by Joseph Waugh
- And Bella, in the seclusion of her own room, was trying to quieten her fears.
- Extract from : « The Solitary Farm » by Fergus Hume
- The number of these shells was unusually large; but later on towards 10 A.M. things began to quieten down in the back area.
- Extract from : « Q.6.a and Other places » by Francis Buckley
- We are all full of longings; and the chief blessing of civilization is that it supplies the wherewithal to quieten them.
- Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley
- Some were for a slight concession, just a sugar-plum to quieten the naughty child, a sacrifice to peace and quietness.
- Extract from : « Mary Barton » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Antonyms for quieten
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