Thesaurus / quiet
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Ford labels “Engage” as the normal drive mode, while “Whisper” is the quiet mode where the car produces less of the artificial “engine noise” that tells the driver what’s happening with the drivetrain.
FORD’S ELECTRIC MUSTANG MACH-E IS AN IMPORTANT LEAP INTO THE FUTUREDAN CARNEYFEBRUARY 12, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEGlass beads are washable, quiet, and tend to retain less heat than plastic, which is great for hot sleepers.
BEST WEIGHTED BLANKET: SLEEP LIKE A BABY WITH OUR COMFY BEDDING PICKSPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 12, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIn this recording of a fin whale’s song in 2012, sped up 10 times, each loud call is followed by a series of quieter echoes.
FIN WHALE SONGS CAN REVEAL HIDDEN FEATURES OF THE OCEAN FLOORCAROLYN GRAMLINGFEBRUARY 11, 2021SCIENCE NEWSAfter a quiet period, the last three months of 2020 saw yet another sharp rise as the currency’s value more than tripled—and it’s still climbing.
BITCOIN’S BLOWING UP, AND THAT’S GOOD NEWS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. HERE’S WHYVANESSA BATES RAMIREZFEBRUARY 10, 2021SINGULARITY HUB When we were kids, my mother loved the movie Mortal Kombat, so I remember me and my brother playing in our room and it’s dead quiet.
DULCÉ SLOAN ON WHERE SHE GETS HER FUNNY FROMJOSHUA EFERIGHEFEBRUARY 9, 2021OZYBeyond his activity on Twitter, Dobbs is more or less staying quiet, declining to comment when reached by The Post Friday night.
LOU DOBBS IS LASHING OUT AT FOX ON TWITTER FOR DROPPING HIS SHOWJEREMY BARRFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAfter my husband and I had kids, we decided we wanted to move somewhere a little more quiet.
HOW FRENCH BAKING WAS BROUGHT TO VIRGINIAEUGENE ROBINSONFEBRUARY 5, 2021OZYIt’s really up to you what sound you want your mechanical keyboard to produce as you type or if you don’t want any sound at all with a quiet mechanical keyboard.
BEST MECHANICAL KEYBOARD: GAME, CODE, TYPE, AND WORK SMOOTHER AND FASTERPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 4, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEWith its successful test in December, Astra achieved a pay-off of years of quiet work building and iterating its launch model.
ROCKET STARTUP ASTRA IS GOING PUBLIC VIA SPACDARRELL ETHERINGTONFEBRUARY 2, 2021TECHCRUNCHOn Monday, a top official with the World Health Organization had clearly had enough, scolding skeptics and essentially telling conspiracy theorists to show hard evidence or be quiet.
MEDIA FRENZY, SKEPTICISM ENGULF VIRUS ORIGIN PROBE—AND WHO IS OVER ITBETH MOLEFEBRUARY 1, 2021ARS TECHNICAWORDS RELATED TO QUIET
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft-pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- choking off
- clamming
- clamming up
- closing up
- cool it
- cutting off
- cutting short
- dampening
- deadening
- decreasing the volume
- drying up
- dulling
- dumbing
- dummy up
- extinguishing
- gagging
- holding one's tongue
- hush-hushing
- hushing
- hushing one's mouth
- keeping it down
- lulling
- muffling
- muting
- muzzling
- overawing
- piping down
- quashing
- quelling
- quiet down
- quietening
- quieting
- saying nothing
- shushing
- shutting up
- sitting on
- soft-pedaling
- squelching
- stifling
- stilling
- strike dumb
- subduing
- suppressing
- tongue-tying
- child's play
- cinch
- clean
- easy as pie
- effortless
- elementary
- facile
- incomplex
- intelligible
- light
- lucid
- manageable
- mild
- no problem
- no sweat
- not difficult
- picnic
- piece of cake
- plain
- quiet
- self-explanatory
- simple as ABC
- smooth
- snap
- straightforward
- transparent
- uncomplicated
- uninvolved
- unmistakable
- untroublesome
- walkover
- child's play
- cinch
- clean
- easy as pie
- effortless
- elementary
- facile
- incomplex
- intelligible
- light
- lucid
- manageable
- mild
- no problem
- no sweat
- not difficult
- picnic
- piece of cake
- plain
- quiet
- self-explanatory
- simple as ABC
- smooth
- snap
- straightforward
- transparent
- uncomplicated
- uninvolved
- unmistakable
- untroublesome
- walkover
- child's play
- cinch
- clean
- easy as pie
- effortless
- elementary
- facile
- incomplex
- intelligible
- light
- lucid
- manageable
- mild
- no problem
- no sweat
- not difficult
- picnic
- piece of cake
- plain
- quiet
- self-explanatory
- simple as ABC
- smooth
- snap
- straightforward
- transparent
- uncomplicated
- uninvolved
- unmistakable
- untroublesome
- walkover
- abate
- anchor it
- back-water
- bog down
- brake
- check
- choke
- curb
- curtail
- cut back
- cut down
- decelerate
- decrease
- detain
- diminish
- ease off
- ease up
- embog
- handicap
- hinder
- hit the brakes
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- keep waiting
- lag
- lessen
- let down flaps
- loiter
- lose speed
- lose steam
- mire
- moderate
- postpone
- procrastinate
- qualify
- quiet
- reduce
- reduce speed
- reef
- regulate
- rein in
- relax
- retard
- retardate
- set back
- slacken
- stall
- stunt
- temper
- wind down
- apathetic
- crawling
- creeping
- dawdling
- delaying
- deliberate
- dilatory
- disinclined
- dreamy
- drowsy
- easy
- gradual
- heavy
- idle
- imperceptible
- inactive
- indolent
- inert
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- listless
- loitering
- measured
- moderate
- negligent
- passive
- phlegmatic
- plodding
- ponderous
- postponing
- procrastinating
- quiet
- reluctant
- remiss
- slack
- sleepy
- slothful
- slow-going
- slow-moving
- slow-paced
- sluggish
- snaillike
- stagnant
- supine
- tardy
- torpid
- tortoiselike
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