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stilled
adjective as in inobtrusive
Weak matches
- buttoned-up
- clammed up
- close
- close-mouthed
- could hear a pin drop
- dumb
- hushed
- hushful
- inaudible
- low
- low-pitched
- muffled
- mute
- muted
- noiseless
- not saying boo
- peaceful
- quiescent
- quieted
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- secretive
- silent
- soft
- soundless
- speechless
- still
- subdued
- taciturn
- tasteful
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unexpressed
- unobtrusive
- unspeaking
- unuttered
- whist
adjective as in quiet
adjective as in silenced
Example Sentences
The most famous Tiananmen protest leaders are stilled barred from entering China.
Struck with surprise, the dead silence of profound awe, for an instant stilled the whole assembly.
Even her violent outburst of temper had not stilled the insistent voice which in reiteration never wearied.
The fanfare sounds again, the buzz of conversation is stilled, the lights turned down, and darkness reigns in the auditorium.
But he had few jests at present—he was in the inner chambers of the temple of life, and hushed and stilled with awe.
This savage play was quickly stilled, however, as groans of pain and shouts of furious anger came to us.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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