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hushing (up)

verb , present participle of hush (up)

Synonyms and Antonyms of hushing (up)

to keep from being publicly known

the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers

Synonyms of hushing (up)

burking, covering (up), suppressing

Words Related to hushing (up)

blacking out, censoring, gagging, muzzling, silencing

quashing, repressing, smothering, spiking, squashing, squelching, stifling, strangling, throttling

Near Antonyms of hushing (up)

debunking, exposing, revealing, showing up, uncloaking, uncovering, unmasking

blabbing, disclosing, divulging, spilling, telling, unveiling

broadcasting, circulating, publishing, spreading

describing, narrating, reciting, recounting, rehearsing, relating, reporting

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