hush

Meaning

Verb

1. To become quiet.
2. To make quiet.
3. To appease; to allay; to soothe.
4. To clear off soil and other materials overlying the bedrock.

Noun

1. A silence, especially after some noise
2. A mining method using water

Synonyms

quiet

silence

stillness

still

calm

shut up

quieten

serenity

repose

calmness

be silent

appease

keep quiet

silent

🔇

pipe down

quiesce

quietness

quietude

allay

peace

☮️

shush

quiet down

tranquillity

be quiet

pacify

quiets

noiselessness

shh

soothe

placidity

hush up

lull

settle

settle down

sh

shell

🐚

shoo

simmer down

skin

slack

sluice

speechlessness

squash

subside

tranquil

wash

🧽

wash down

wash up

whisht

hold your tongue

keep silent

make still

remain silent

stop

🛑

shut it

assuage

becalm

break

cease

cool

🆒

cool down

die down

ease

fade

fizzle

fizzle out

flush

hiss

hold one’s tongue

hushing

integument

lights-out

make silent

muffle

mum

mute

🔇

muteness

pan

pan off

pan out

😡

peacefulness

quell

rind

rinse

rock

🪨

scour

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hʌʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht.