Definition of quietens Quietens
We found 1 definitions of quietens from 1 different sources.
Advertising
What does quietens mean?
Part of speech
🔤- quietens, verb, present, 3rd person singular of quieten (infinitive).
WordNet
Verb |
||
| quieten - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" | ||
| hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down | ||
| louden cause to become loud | ||
| hush up, silence, quieten, shut up, still, hush keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power" | ||
| change intensity increase or decrease in intensity | ||
| quieten - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" | ||
| hush, silence, still, shut up, hush up | ||
| louden cause to become loud | ||
| stamp down, conquer, curb, inhibit, suppress, subdue overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country" | ||
| sleek over, gloss over, hush up, whitewash treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly | ||
| shush silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' | ||
| calm down, lull become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment" | ||
| shout down silence or overwhelm by shouting | ||
| muzzle, gag fit with a muzzle; "muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers" | ||
| quieten - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" | ||
| calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, lull, still | ||
| charge up, commove, rouse, agitate, turn on, excite, charge change the arrangement or position of | ||
| console, solace, comfort, soothe lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs" | ||
| lull become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment" | ||
| compose put together out of existing material; "compile a list" | ||
| gruntle, lenify, placate, pacify, appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, mollify fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia" | ||
| reassure, assure give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe" | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Part of speech
🔤- quieten, verb, present, 1st person singular of quieten (infinitive).
- quieten, verb (infinitive).
