Thesaurus / hush-hush
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Here there was a scuffling sound in the basket, and the Roc rapped on the cover with her hard beak, and cried, "Hush!"
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLHow still and calm the night was, the very stars were painted on the sky, the lights were low, there lay a hush upon the audience.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODHe caught his breath, he paused, then stepped within on tiptoe, and the hush of four thousand years closed after him.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODHe was taken up for dead; and Richelieu and the Cardinal conjured me to hush the affair.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERAmid the hush that followed, the stranger picked himself slowly up, and sought to wipe the filth from his face and garments.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIIts utterance filled the air like soft thunder, and a hush came over the whole room.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOODThe day had been unusually warm, and after sunset a curious hush descended on the island.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOODBut now a craning of necks and a sudden hush of the animated talk showed that some development was toward.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThere was a hush and a stir, and the glorious liquid notes broke out again.
THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITEHe evidently has no suspicion, or he would have come to us for hush-money long ago.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSWORDS RELATED TO HUSH-HUSH
- clandestine
- concealed
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceptive
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- double-crossing
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- indirect
- insidious
- oblique
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- secret
- secretive
- shady
- shifty
- slippery
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- stealthy
- sub-rosa
- surreptitious
- treacherous
- tricky
- two-faced
- two-timing
- under wraps
- undercover
- underhanded
- unethical
- unfair
- unjust
- unscrupulous
- wily
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