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quieten

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qui·et·en  (kw-tn)
tr. & intr.v. qui·et·ened, qui·et·en·ing, qui·et·ens Chiefly British
To make or become quiet.

quieten
Verb
Brit & NZ
1. (often foll. by down)to make or become calm or silent
2. to allay (fear or doubts)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.quieten - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
silence, still, hush, hush up, quieten, shut up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
change intensity - increase or decrease in intensity
louden - become louder; "The room loudened considerably"
2.quietenquieten - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
lull - calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"
compose - calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"
appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
reassure, assure - cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"
comfort, console, solace, soothe - give moral or emotional strength to
3.quieten - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
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"
louden - cause to become loud

quieten
verb 1. silence, subdue, stifle, still, stop, quiet, mute, hush, quell, muffle, shush (informal)
Translations

quieten [ˈkwaɪətn] (also: quieten down) vi (= grow calm) → calmarse (= grow silent); callarse
quieten [ˈkwaɪətn] (also: quieten down) vise calmer, s'apaiser
vtcalmer, apaiser
quieten [ˈkwaɪətn] quiet (Brit) (also: quieten down) viruhiger werden
vt (person, animal) → beruhigen
quieten [ˈkwaɪətn] (BRIT) (also: quieten down) vicalmarsi, chetarsi

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