HUSHED (UP) Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

hushed (up)

verb

past tense of hush (up)

as in covered (up)

to keep from being publicly known the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers

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suppressed

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The record fizzled; after a few weeks, Spector suppressed any further distribution of it.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Native peoples in New England and Bermuda kept alive their family histories and stories throughout the centuries, even when colonial documents suppressed or omitted these connections.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

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