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quietens

verb , present tense third-person singular of quieten, chiefly British

Synonyms and Antonyms of quietens

1 to free from distress or disturbance

the nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way

Synonyms of quietens

becalms, calms, composes, lullabies, lulls, quiets, salves, settles, soothes, stills, tranquilizes (also tranquillizes)

Words Related to quietens

appeases, conciliates, hushes, mollifies, pacifies, placates

allays, alleviates, assuages, eases, lays, mitigates, quells, relaxes, relieves, solaces

narcotizes, sedates, stupefies

Near Antonyms of quietens

aggravates, heightens, intensifies

arouses, excites, foments, incites, rouses, stirs (up), works up

Antonyms of quietens

agitates, discomposes, disquiets, disturbs, keys (up), perturbs, upsets, vexes

2 to stop the noise or speech of

one young chap was trying to quieten down the group

Synonyms of quietens

dumbs, extinguishes, hushes, mutes, quells, quiets, settles, shushes, shuts up, silences, squelches, stills

Near Antonyms of quietens

agitates, stirs

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