Verb: quieten kwI-u-t(u)n
Usage: Brit
Usage: Brit
- Become quiet or quieter
"The crowd quietened as the speaker approached the podium";
- hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down [informal]
- Make calm or still
"quieten the dragons of worry and fear";
- calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillize, tranquillise [Brit], lull, still
- Cause to be quiet or not talk
"Please quieten the children in the church!";
- hush, silence, still, shut up, hush up
Derived forms: quietened, quietening, quietens
Type of: change intensity, comfort, conquer, console, solace, soothe, stamp down, subdue, suppress