Synonyms of shushing

shushing

verb

present participle of shush

as in silencing

to stop the noise or speech of

shushed the crying baby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• silencing
• hushing
• quieting
• muting
• settling
• stilling
• dumbing
• extinguishing
• quelling
• squelching
• quietening
• shutting up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stirring
• agitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shushing

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

Levy sat on the floor, watching like a proud father and shushing whisperers. — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026

Top sleep aid for kids This extremely popular sound machine uses an authentic human voice to calm babies to sleep with a calming, shushing sound. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026

Kempe then put a gloved finger to his lips, shushing the sixth consecutive sellout crowd in Anaheim. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026

After once rising from her seat to scold a man recording the broadcast on his phone to shushing in-studio viewers during an interview with Zohran Mamdani, Whoopi Goldberg just wrote another chapter in her comical relationship with The View's studio audience. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026

The snow was shushing off the roof of the garage and down on the driveway. — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025

In the clip, the then-6-year-old can be seen walking with his iPad to the next room and shushing everyone. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025