Thesaurus / clammed
other words for clammed
MOST RELEVANT
- cut off
- gag
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- quash
- quell
- squelch
- stifle
- subdue
- suppress
- clam
- dampen
- deaden
- dull
- extinguish
- hush
- lull
- overawe
- quiet
- quieten
- shush
- soft-pedal
- still
- tongue-tie
- choke off
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut short
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dumb
- dummy up
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- pipe down
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shut up
- sit on
- strike dumb
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Clammed means starvation; that is, care killed the cat; for want of food the entrails get "clammed."
OUR CATS AND ALL ABOUT THEMHARRISON WEIR
Kellner had clammed up, and when the now suspicious editor had tried to check Colquhoun's tale personally, Colquhoun had vanished.
CUE FOR QUIETTHOMAS L. SHERRED
The crack above the door should not be clammed until the muffle begins to get warm.
POTTERY, FOR ARTISTS CRAFTSMEN & TEACHERSGEORGE J. COX
Spy holes are left where necessary, and the whole well clammed to prevent the loss of heat during firing.
POTTERY, FOR ARTISTS CRAFTSMEN & TEACHERSGEORGE J. COX
But he clammed up about that, hoping to keep it a secret until he could go back and claim it.
THE SPACE PIONEERSCAREY ROCKWELL