Antonyms for quietened
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kwahy-i-tn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwaɪ ɪ tn |
Definition of quietened
Origin :- 1828, "to make quiet;" 1890, "to become quiet," from quiet (adj.) + -en (1).
- verb silence
- The country's quietened down a lot, and a 'ranger's supposed to be a thing of the past.
- Extract from : « The Lost Valley » by J. M. Walsh
- This quietened the lads a little, and they went on with their dinner.
- Extract from : « Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine » by Edwin Waugh
- I quietened these apprehensions by assuring them that the deserters had no pistols with them.
- Extract from : « A Voyage to the South Sea » by William Bligh
- Her quietened heart beginning to beat quickly again, she hurried down the side garden to the back of the house.
- Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
- My mood changed, and I held her close to me, with one arm flung about her, till she quietened down from her sobbing.
- Extract from : « Tramping on Life » by Harry Kemp
- The drivers, however, quietened them down, and held their heads till the break of day.
- Extract from : « The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) » by James Edward Parrott
- Pufka began squealing and making hideous grimaces, while the nurse first quietened her, then egged her on.
- Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev
- Some magic had lulled him, too, into a quietened mood from which had been smoothed the saw-edged raggedness of despair.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck
- We lay very still, and presently, when things had quietened down, we slid cautiously backwards until it was safe to get up.
- Extract from : « 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories » by Various
- I shall hand in a report with the details, for your perusal, when things have quietened down a bit.
- Extract from : « At the Point of the Bayonet » by G. A. Henty
Synonyms for quietened
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft-pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
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