Word Meanings - HUSH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak. 2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. With thou, then, Hush my cares Otway. And hush'd my deepest grief

Additional info about word: HUSH

1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak. 2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. With thou, then, Hush my cares Otway. And hush'd my deepest grief of all. Tennyson. To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." Pope.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HUSH)

• Bury
• Inter
• inhume
• conceal
• repress
• suppress
• obliterate
• cancel
• entomb
• compose
• hush
• Gag
• Silence
• stifle
• burke
• muzzle
• Quiet Allay
• appease
• still
• pacify
• lull
• tranquillize
• soothe
• calm
• Taciturnity
• stillness
• peace
• muteness
• secrecy
• oblivion

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