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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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