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present participle of hush
Synonyms & Antonyms of hushing
1
to become still and orderly
- the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance
Synonyms for hushing
- calming (down),
- chilling out
- [slang],
- cooling,
- piping down,
- quieting,
- settling (down)
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2
to stop talking
- the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony
Synonyms for hushing
- belting up
- [British],
- clamming up,
- drying up,
- dummying up,
- piping down,
- quieting (down),
- shutting up
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3
to stop the noise or speech of
- he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces
Synonyms for hushing
- dumbing,
- extinguishing,
- muting,
- quelling,
- quietening
- [chiefly British],
- quieting,
- settling,
- shushing,
- shutting up,
- silencing,
- squelching,
- stilling
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