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hush Audio Help   (hŭsh) Pronunciation Key
v.   hushed, hush·ing, hush·es

v.   tr.

To make silent or quiet.
To calm; soothe.
To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up: tried to hush up the damaging details.

v.   intr.
To be or become silent or still.

n.   A silence or stillness, especially after noise.

adj.   Archaic
Silent; quiet.

[Probably back-formation from Middle English husht, silent, of imitative origin.]

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hushed
adjective
in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"

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hushed adjective

silent, still
Example: a hushed room/crowd

Arabic:	ساكِن، هادئ
Chinese (Simplified):	沉静的
Chinese (Traditional):	沉靜的
Czech:	tichý
Danish:	tavs
Dutch:	stil
Estonian:	vaikne
Finnish:	hiljainen
French:	silencieux
German:	still
Greek:	σιωπηλός, ακίνητος
Hungarian:	csendes
Icelandic:	þögull
Indonesian:	sunyi
Italian:	silenzioso

Japanese:	しんとした
Korean:	잠잠한
Latvian:	apklusināts; klusējošs
Lithuanian:	nutilęs, nuščiuvęs
Norwegian:	tyst, stille
Polish:	cichy
Portuguese (Brazil):	silencioso
Portuguese (Portugal):	silencioso
Romanian:	tăcut
Russian:	безмолвный
Slovak:	tichý
Slovenian:	tih
Spanish:	silencioso
Swedish:	lugn, stilla, tyst
Turkish:	sessiz, sakin, susmuş