QUIETENING Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

quietening

verb

present participle of quieten, chiefly British

as in calming

to free from distress or disturbance the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way

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as in quieting

to stop the noise or speech of one young chap was trying to quieten down the group

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Recent Examples of quietening For Mbappe, the World Cup was his happy place once more, quietening some of the noise that has accompanied his game in recent months. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 June 2026

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The first thing that hits you at Azuma Farm Koiwai is the fresh, calming smell of hinoki wood, which is layered on the lofty ceilings around the resort, and decorates the handful of quaint cabins that are dotted across its grounds.

— Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 16 July 2026
Visitors can take in the calming sight from land, or hop on a bamboo raft and see it from the river below.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 16 July 2026

Definition of calming

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However, the Rams’ acquisition of Garrett puts a team that was firmly a Super Bowl favorite back in the conversation for a 2026 Super Bowl run, quieting the doubters who rose after the 2026 NFL Draft.

— Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
The company says the device supports sleep by lowering cortisol within minutes, slowing the heart, quieting racing thoughts and shifting users into parasympathetic mode.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026

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Blanket sucking is a self-soothing behavior thought to mimic nursing.

— Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
The small fragments of colorful glass, strung along together, produce soothing sounds, their tinkling notes wafting through the air alongside a chorus of windchimes and the sweet scent of plumeria blooming in the garden.

— Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026

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Widdecombe’s death has shaken British politics, silencing a longtime conservative voice from Parliament and Europe who later became a Reform UK firebrand remembered by friends for personal warmth and sharp humor.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Meanwhile, Roche has abandoned two Huntington’s gene-silencing drugs after disappointing data, and drugmakers have stepped in to promote Medicare’s new obesity drug discount program.

— Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 10 July 2026

Definition of silencing

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Parsons went on to self-release multiple full-length soundtrack albums of ominous sci-fi pads, glitchy electronics, and lulling melodies before A24 announced the release of a feature-length film.

— Harry Thorfinn-George, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
The project was about permeating the masses, gradually lulling them with propaganda.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of lulling

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Trae Young won Madison Square Garden’s undying enmity in the 2021 playoffs for the Atlanta Hawks, punctuating game-breaking shots by shushing the crowd or bowing to the fans and waving goodbye.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Wine country with kids in tow doesn’t have to mean a stressful afternoon of shushing and screen time.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026

Definition of shushing

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The dots composing the words move up the screen while the rest of the pinpoints move downward, generating a visual opposition that the human mind can detect and discern.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Abrams is doing it all this time — writing, directing, producing, and even, for the first time, composing the original score.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 July 2026

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During the third act, in a cunning effect, when anyone picks up a phone, the screen’s contents are displayed on a wall as the lights fade, muting the friends onstage.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
But the field has struggled to figure out a means of delivering RNA-muting molecules into organs and tissues beyond the liver, which has limited their reach.

— Elaine Chen, STAT, 9 June 2026

Definition of muting

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