hushed

hush  (hsh)

v. hushed, hush·ing, hush·es

v.tr.

1. To make silent or quiet.

2. To calm; soothe.

3. 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.

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

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

hushed - in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" muted, subdued, quiet soft - (of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music"

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hushed

adjective quiet, low, soft, subdued, low-pitched At first we spoke in hushed voices.
loud, noisy

Translations

hushed [hʌʃt] ADJ [silence] → profundo; [tone] → callado, muy bajo
the room was hushed → la sala estaba en silencio
the atmosphere was hushed → el ambiente era silencioso

hushed [ˈhʌʃt] adj

(= not noisy) [place] → silencieux/euse

[tone, voice, conversation] → étouffé(e)
hush-hush [ˌhʌʃˈhʌʃ] adj → ultra-secret/ète
hush money n → prix m du silence de qn
to pay sb hush money → acheter le silence de qn

hushed

adj voices → gedämpft; words → leise; crowd → schweigend; courtroom → still; in hushed tones → mit gedämpfter Stimme, in gedämpftem Ton; in hushed whispers → im gedämpften Flüsterton

hushed [hʌʃt] adj (tone, voice) → sommesso/a; (silence) → profondo/a

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hushed [hʌʃt] adj (tone, voice) → sommesso/a; (silence) → profondo/a