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verb

Hush v. t. (past & past part. hushed; pres. part. hushing)

To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of. "My tongue shall hush again this storm of war."

To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe. "With thou, then, Hush my cares?" "And hush'd my deepest grief of all."

To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up."

Hush v. i. To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise. "Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill." "But all these strangers' presence every one did hush."

adjective

hushed adj.

Having the sound level reduced; especially used of the noise of conversation; as, speaking in hushed tones.

Synonyms: muted.

Having relatively little noise; as, a hushed church.

Synonyms: quiet.

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Etymology of 'Hushed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hushed" Quotes from Famous Books

... bidding me "be still!" hushed my roaring. As tears and blood were stanched, I saw his face bending over me, full of concern that yet fought with amusement I did not comprehend. I could not doubt that he pitied me, when he carried me, bloody and dirty as I was, into the chamber, and stood by while ...

— When Grandmamma Was New - The Story of a Virginia Childhood • Marion Harland

... was, as always, a curiously unsatisfying atmosphere, this of the old Melrose house. The whispers, the hushed footsteps, the lowered voices, Aunt Annie's plaintive heroism in her superb crapes, the almost belligerent loyalty of the intimate friends who praised and marvelled at her, the costly flowers—thousands of dollars' worth of them—the extra men helping Joseph to keep ...

— The Beloved Woman • Kathleen Norris

... tree that the Hall was built around, to the Branstock, and he thrust the sword into it. All the company were hushed. Then they heard the voice of the stranger, a voice that was like the trumpet's call: "The sword is for the hand that can draw it out of the Branstock." Then he went out ...

— The Children of Odin - The Book of Northern Myths • Padraic Colum

... said, "My dear girl, my dear girl!" and his mother hushed up and did not say anything more; but Pony could see what she thought, and he accused old Archer of always putting on him and always trying to ...

— The Flight of Pony Baker - A Boy's Town Story • W. D. Howells

... listened to the deep, rich voice as it rose from height to height and power to power, till the whole place seemed full of it, and every contending sound was hushed. ...

— Beatrice • H. Rider Haggard

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