Thesaurus / shush
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other words for shush
- clam
- dampen
- deaden
- dull
- extinguish
- gag
- hush
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quieten
- soft-pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- choke off
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dumb
- dummy up
- hold one's tongue
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- pipe down
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shut up
- sit on
- strike dumb
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Danson playfully shushes her—he’s meant to have only told one or two people but everyone seems to know.
LARRY DAVID AND THE GAME THEORY OF ANONYMOUS DONATIONS - FACTS SO ROMANTICBRIAN GALLAGHERDECEMBER 16, 2020NAUTILUSI listened, and sure enough I heard the shush, shush of something moving in the dead leaves and dry grass a little distance away.
THE WITCH DOCTOR AND OTHER RHODESIAN STUDIESFRANK WORTHINGTONFor once, Pelton didn't shush him; that was too close to his own attitude, at least in family-breakfast-table terminology.
NULL-ABCHENRY BEAM PIPER AND JOHN JOSEPH MCGUIREI was just about to say he could when again that shush, shush!
THE WITCH DOCTOR AND OTHER RHODESIAN STUDIESFRANK WORTHINGTONThe orderly stopped pushing his chair and the nurse rushed forward to shush them sternly, but it barely dampened the calls.
MAKERSCORY DOCTOROWDen he would pull me away—dis great, dark devil, mit his enormous paws shush as if I was a child.
THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING: ONE VOLUME EDITIONRUDYARD KIPLINGBeing at a little distance from her, Bert had no chance to shush her outspoken comments.
BIG PILLRAYMOND ZINKE GALLUNNavel tried to shush him, embarrassed, but he doggedly went on.
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WORDS RELATED TO SHUSH
- allay
- ameliorate
- appease
- assuage
- becalm
- button one's lip
- calm down
- can it
- choke
- clam up
- compose
- console
- cool it
- cool out
- dummy up
- fix up
- gag
- gratify
- hold it down
- hush
- ice
- inactivate
- lull
- moderate
- mollify
- muffle
- muzzle
- pacify
- palliate
- patch things up
- please
- quieten
- reconcile
- relax
- satisfy
- settle
- shush
- shut up
- silence
- slack
- smooth
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- square
- squash
- squelch
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- take the bite out of
- tranquilize
- 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
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft-pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- 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
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft-pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- black out
- bottle
- chasten
- check
- collect
- compose
- control
- cool
- cork
- crush
- curb
- gridlock
- hinder
- hold back
- inhibit
- jam up
- keep in
- keep in check
- keep under wraps
- kill
- lock
- master
- muffle
- overcome
- overpower
- quash
- quelch
- quell
- rein
- restrain
- shush
- silence
- simmer down
- smother
- squelch
- stifle
- subdue
- subjugate
- suppress
- swallow
- throw cold water on
- tie up
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.