QUIETEN

hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up

(verb) cause to be quiet or not talk; “Please silence the children in the church!”

calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still

(verb) make calm or still; “quiet the dragons of worry and fear”

quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down

(verb) become quiet or quieter; “The audience fell silent when the speaker entered”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

quieten (third-person singular simple present quietens, present participle quietening, simple past and past participle quietened)

(transitive) To make quiet.

(intransitive) To become quiet.

Usage notes

• Not very common in US English, where the verb quiet is often preferred.

Anagrams

• queen it

Source: Wiktionary



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