hush up

hush up

vb

(tr, adverb) to suppress information or rumours about

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	hush up - cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes" sleek over, whitewash, gloss over cover up, cover - hide from view or knowledge; "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"
	2.	hush up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" silence, still, hush, quieten, shut up shush - silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" lull, calm down - become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment" shout down - silence or overwhelm by shouting pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" gag, muzzle - prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"

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hush

verb

1. To cause to become silent:

quiet, quieten, shush, shut up, silence, still.

2. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check.Also used with up:

burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle.

Informal: sit on (or upon).

3. To prevent (something) from being known.Also used with up:

cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil.

Idioms: keep under cover, keep under wraps.

4. To keep from being published or transmitted.Also used with up:

ban, black out, censor, stifle, suppress.

Idiom: keep a lid on.

noun

1. The absence of sound or noise:

noiselessness, quiet, quietness, silence, soundlessness, still, stillness.

2. An absence of motion or disturbance:

calm, calmness, lull, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietness, serenity, stillness, tranquillity, untroubledness.

adjective

Archaic. Marked by, done with, or making no sound or noise:

hushed, noiseless, quiet, silent, soundless, still, stilly.

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Translations

يَكْتُم فَضيحَة، يَطْمُس

ututlat

dysse ned

vertuschen

étouffer

agyonhallgateltussol

òagga niîur

insabbiare [uno scandalo]mettere a tacere

dysse ned

ututlať

gizlemekörtbas etmek

遮掩

w>hush up

vt sep → vertuschen

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hush

(haʃ) interjection

be quiet; silence. Hush! Don't wake the baby. sjuut يُسْكِت، يُهَدِّئ тихо! silêncio! pst! still! stille! tys! σιωπή! (επιφ.) ¡silencio! tasa! هيس hys chut!שקט चुप हो जाना pst! mir! pszt! hus! Ssst! suss! þögn! zitto!, silenzio! しっ 조용히! ša! klusu! syh! Stil! hysj!; tyss!; stille!cicho کرارول caluda! sst! тише!, молчите! pst! pst! pst hyssj!, sch! คำออกเสียงเพื่อขอให้เงียบ Sus!; Sesini kes! 噓！別作聲！ мовчати چپ رہو، چپ ہو جاؤ Im nào 嘘！别作声！安静！

noun

silence. A hush came over the room. stilte سُكوت، هُدوء тишина silêncio ticho die Stille tavshed σιωπήsilencio vaikus سكوت hiljaisuus silenceדממה शान्ति tišina, muk csend kesunyian þögn silenzio 静けさ 침묵 tyla klusums kesenyapan stiltetaushet, tysthetcisza سکوت silêncio linişte молчание ticho tišina tišina tystnad, stillhet ความเงียบ sessizlik, sükûnet 鴉雀無聲 тиша خاموشی sự im lặng 静寂

hushed adjective

silent, still. a hushed room/crowd. stil ساكِن، هادئ притихнал silencioso tichý still tavs σιωπηλός, ακίνητοςsilencioso vaikne ساكت hiljainen silencieuxשקט निस्तब्ध tih, miran, šutljiv csendes sunyi þögull silenzioso しんとした 조용한 nutilęs, nuščiuvęs apklusināts; klusējošs senyap stiltyst, stillecichy چپ، ساکت silencioso tăcut безмолвный tichý tih tih lugn, stilla, tyst เงียบ; สงบ sessiz, sakin, susmuş 鴉雀無聲的 безмовний; тихий خاموش im lặng 沉静的

hush up

to prevent from becoming known to the general public. The affair was hushed up. stilhou يَكْتُم فَضيحَة، يَطْمُس заглушавам silenciar ututlat vertuschen dysse ned κουκουλώνω, αποσιωπώsilenciar; encubrir maha vaikima سر و صداي چيزي را در نياوردن salata étouffer לְהַסתִיר छिपाव zataškati agyonhallgat, eltussol ditutup-tutupi þagga (e-ð) niður soffocare, mettere a tacere もみ消す 침묵하다 nutylėti, užgniaužti apklusināt merahsiakan in de doofpot verdwijnen dysse ned (za)tuszować د غالمغال او شورماشور نه مخنیوی کول silenciar a muşamaliza замять ututlať potlačiti zataškati tysta ner ปกปิด örtbas etmek, gizlemek 遮掩 замовчувати, заминати معاملے کو دبا دینا ỉm đi 遮掩

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