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Synonyms for hush up

Grammar : Verb
Spell : huhsh
Phonetic Transcription : hʌʃ

Définition of hush up

Origin :
  • 1540s, variant of Middle English huisht (late 14c.), probably of imitative origin, with terminal -t lost probably by being mistaken for a past tense suffix. Hush-hush (adj.) is 1916 reduplication. Related: Hushed; hushing. The noun is attested from 1680s. As an interjection meaning "be quiet," attested by c.1600. To hush (one's) mouth "be quiet" is attested from 1878. Hush up "suppress talk for secrecy's sake" is from 1630s. Hush-money is attested from 1709. Hush-puppy "deep-fried ball of cornmeal batter" first attested 1899; as a type of lightweight soft shoe, it is a proprietary name, registered 1961.
  • verb keep secret
Example sentences :
  • Why, Mrs. Orville was blubbering like a baby when I entered, but she tried to hush up after a while.
  • Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
  • Do you think that fear of your disclosures will make me hush up twenty thefts?
  • Extract from : « St. Winifred's » by Frederic W. Farrar
  • Hush up yourself, and bring to me the box of chocolates of my table.
  • Extract from : « The Argonauts of North Liberty » by Bret Harte
  • Mrs. Loraine had taken pains to "hush up" the facts in regard to Kate.
  • Extract from : « Seek and Find » by Oliver Optic
  • He then said aloud: "Come, monsieur, let us hush up this affair."
  • Extract from : « Louise de la Valliere » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • The only way out of the affair was to borrow from Julie to hush up the matter.
  • Extract from : « A Village of Vagabonds » by F. Berkeley Smith
  • But are you sure it's so easy, Theign, to hush up a real noise?
  • Extract from : « The Outcry » by Henry James
  • Yet, nevertheless, he would do his best to hush up the scandal.
  • Extract from : « The Hickory Limb » by Parker Fillmore
  • “Do hush up, cousin Tom,” said Helen, pursing her lips at the major.
  • Extract from : « Caleb West, Master Diver » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • "Now hush up, you fellows," said Noah, turning round upon them.
  • Extract from : « The Errand Boy » by Horatio Alger

Antonyms for hush up

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