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Quieten Common

Quieten has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

become quiet or quieter

"The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

2

make calm or still

"quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

3

cause to be quiet or not talk

"Please silence the children in the church!"

4

To make quiet.

Example Sentences
"The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" verb
"quiet the dragons of worry and fear" verb
"Please silence the children in the church!" verb
See Also
pour oil on troubled waters quietive quieteneth hush down quiet quietened quietens quietening
Related Terms
Antonyms
louden rouse
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change intensity comfort suppress
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
lull compose pacify reassure shush shout down gag
Rhyming Words
ten sten aten osten paten goten atten hiten oaten ayten eaten outen esten eoten cuten often guten laten pecten molten
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