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- pronunciation:
- huhsh
- parts of speech:
- interjection, intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
interjection |
| definition: |
used as a request or command to be quiet (sometimes fol. by "up").
Hush! You'll wake up the baby.- synonyms:
- sh, shush
- similar words:
- mum, peace, silence
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
hushes, hushing, hushed |
| definition: |
to become quiet; cease all noise.
The audience hushed as the candidate began her speech.- synonyms:
- quiet
- similar words:
- calm, lull, shut up, still
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| related words: |
sink |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause to be quiet.
The librarian hushed the children.- synonyms:
- quiet, shush
- similar words:
- calm, shut up, silence, still
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| definition 2: |
to keep from public awareness or knowledge; suppress (often fol. by "up").
The government could not hush up the recent scandal.- synonyms:
- hide, suppress
- similar words:
- quash, silence, smother, squash, squelch
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| definition 3: |
to soothe or calm; eliminate (fears, distress, or the like).
Her soothing words hushed the child's fears.- synonyms:
- assuage
- similar words:
- allay, calm, mollify, palliate, quiet, soothe
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| related words: |
appease, gag, lower, muffle, muzzle, quiet |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a stillness, silence, or calm, esp. after noise or turmoil.
They sat out on the porch, enjoying the hush of evening.- synonyms:
- calm, quiet, silence, stillness
- similar words:
- lull
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| related words: |
bribe, calm, peace, tranquillity |
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| derivations: |
hushful (adj.), hushedly (adv.), hushfully (adv.) |
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