Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for hush up. Search instead for husfruar.
Definitions

hush up

VERB
keep secret
Synonyms
WEAK
burke conceal cover cover up keep dark sit on smother squash stifle suppress
Antonyms
WEAK
reveal tell
NOUN
suppression
Synonyms
STRONG
concealment cover-up placing under wraps veil of secrecy whitewash

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Harry is suing Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd. over an article alleging he tried to hush up his separate legal challenge over the British government’s refusal to let him pay for police security.

From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Glasnost faced a dramatic test in April 1986, when a nuclear power station exploded in Chornobyl, Ukraine, and authorities tried at first to hush up the disaster.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2022

“It’s easy to hush up about it but it left a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach,” Arvin said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2018

We’ve heard that his lawyer went through contortions to hush up a hush-up.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2018

“I was just trying to get him to hush up and not sturb Miss Cahline.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner