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[ huhsh ] / hʌʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hush ON THESAURUS.COM
interjection(used as a command to be silent or quiet.) verb (used without object)to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in. verb (used with object)to make silent; silence. to suppress mention of; keep concealed (often followed by up): They hushed up the scandal. to calm, quiet, or allay: to hush someone's fears. nounsilence or quiet, especially after noise. Phonetics. either of the sibilant sounds (sh) and (zh). Origin of hush1350–1400; apparently back formation from hushtwhist2 (Middle English huissht), the -t being taken for past participle suffix SYNONYMS FOR hush6 peace, stillness, tranquillity. SEE SYNONYMS FOR hush ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for hush2, 3. See still1. OTHER WORDS FROM hushhush·ed·ly [huhsh-id-lee, huhsht-lee], /ˈhʌʃ ɪd li, ˈhʌʃt li/, adverbhushful, adjectivehush·ful·ly, adverbun·hush·ing, adjectiveWords nearby hushhusband, husbandage, husbandman, husbandry, Husein ibn-Ali, hush, hushaby, hushed, hush-hush, Hu Shih, hush money Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hushIllegitimate concerns would include a company wanting to preempt negative PR or silence victims of discrimination and harassment with hush money. NDAs bear blame for some of the worst corporate cover-ups. How that should change|jakemeth|September 18, 2020|Fortune The Church would “deal with the families in as limited way as possible, and pay them hush money.” How Sicko Priests Got Away With It|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST And they must just accept that after 20 years of trying to hush us and badmouth us. In Tussle Over Will, Mistress’s Family Takes a Bite Out of NYU|Anthony Haden-Guest|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST My mother took me to a live radio show in downtown Houston, and we had to be all hush as the skits were conducted. James Lee Burke Talks About His Fiction, History, and the American Dream|David Masciotra|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He wants “more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe.” America Is Coming to Terms with Its Racial Past—Let’s Look Ahead Instead|John McWhorter|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST In what threatened to be a hush, one of the visitors offered some unbidden news. Hurricane Sandy Victim Jacob Vogelman’s Mother Remembers His Life|Michael Daly|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST When the dining-room door was shut, St. George raised his hand, and said, "Hush!" In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II|Various There were men of the crew who heard an unwonted sound in the midnight hush of the Enchanted camp. King Spruce, A Novel|Holman Day A hush deeper of the sound—and he was wondering if another illusion were not upon him, when again the bell! The Prince of India, Volume II|Lew. Wallace The enthusiasm, the hush, the feeling, the acclamations have ever since been remembered at Oxford as unequalled. Pioneers and Founders|Charlotte Mary Yonge Over the excitement had fallen a subtle shade, 144 however, a hush, with the sight of Bolt so close behind El Rey. Tharon of Lost Valley|Vingie E. Roe
British Dictionary definitions for hush (1 of 2)
verbto make or become silent; quieten to soothe or be soothed nounstillness; silence an act of hushing interjectiona plea or demand for silence Derived forms of hushhushed, adjectiveWord Origin for hushC16: probably from earlier husht quiet!, the -t being thought to indicate a past participle British Dictionary definitions for hush (2 of 2)/ (hʌʃ) mining, Northern English /
verb (tr)to run water over the ground to erode (surface soil), revealing the underlying strata and any valuable minerals present to wash (an ore) by removing particles of earth with rushing water nouna gush of water, esp when artificially produced Word Origin for hushC18: of imitative origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hushstillness, muffle, quietude, tranquility, peacefulness, peace, lull, still, silence, calm, muzzle, stifle, mute, suppress, stop, choke, shush, quiet, gag, quieten |