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hush
[huhsh] 
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hush
[huhsh]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quiet |
| Synonyms: | calm, lull, peace, peacefulness, quietude, silence, still, stillness, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | clamor, yelling |
| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quietness, composure |
| Synonyms: | calmness, dispassion, doldrums, hush, impassivity, imperturbation, lull, patience, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, repose, rest, restraint, serenity, silence, stillness, stoicism, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | agitation, anger, madness, restlessness, storminess, terror, turbulence, violence |
| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make composed, quiet |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, balm, becalm, compose, cool, cool it, cool out, hush, lay back, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, quieten, relax, relieve, sedate, settle, simmer down, soft-pedal, soothe, steady, still, stroke, take it easy, take the edge off, tranquilize |
| Antonyms: | agitate, anger, disquiet, distract, excite, inflame, irritate, outrage, rouse, ruffle, worry |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
| Synonyms: | KO, abate, alleviate, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, etherize, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken |
| Antonyms: | animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | fade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dwindle, die out |
| Synonyms: | abate, attenuate, clear, decline, deliquesce, deteriorate, die away, die on vine, dim, diminish, disappear, disperse, dissolve, droop, ebb, etiolate, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, fag out, fail, fall, flag, fold, hush, languish, lessen, melt, melt away, moderate, perish, peter out, poop out, quiet, rarefy, shrivel, sink, slack off, taper, thin, tire, tucker out, vanish, wane, waste away, weaken, wilt, wither |
| Antonyms: | enhance, improve, recover, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | lull |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, calm |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, break, breather, breathing spell, calmness, coffee break, comma, downtime, hiatus, hush, layoff, letup, pausation, quiescence, quiet, respite, silence, stillness, stop, time-out, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | busyness, continuation, disturbance, energy |
| Main Entry: | lull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calm, ease off |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, balm, becalm, cease, chill out, compose, cool off, cool*, decrease, die down, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fall, hush, lay back, let up, lullaby, moderate, pacify, put a lid on, qualify, quell, quiet, quiet down, settle, slacken, soft-pedal, soothe, still, stroke, subdue, subside, take it easy, take the edge, take the sting out, temper, tranquilize, wane |
| Antonyms: | energize, excite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suppress, make quiet |
| Synonyms: | conceal, cover, cushion, dampen, deaden, decrease, drown, dull, envelop, gag, hide, hush, mellow, mute, muzzle, put the lid on, quieten, shut down, silence, sit down on, smother, soft-pedal, soften, squelch, stifle, subdue, tone down, wrap* |
| Antonyms: | blab, let loose, tell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muffle, tone down sound |
| Synonyms: | benumb, bottle up, cork up, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, drown, gag, hush, keep it down, lower, moderate, muzzle, pipe down, put damper on, put the lid on, reduce, silence, soft-pedal, soften, subdue, turn down |
| Antonyms: | articulate, speak, voice |
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