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shush

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of shush

to stop the noise or speech of

  • shushed the crying baby
Synonyms of shush

dumb, extinguish, hush, mute, quell, quiet, quieten [chiefly British], settle, shut up, silence, squelch, still
Near Antonyms of shush

agitate, stir

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