quieten (redirected from quietened)

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.

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quieten

Verb

Brit & NZ

1. (often foll. by down)to make or become calm or silent

2. to allay (fear or doubts)

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	quieten - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, hush 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.	quieten - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm, calm down, quiet, lull 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!" silence, still, hush, hush up, 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" louden - cause to become loud

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quieten

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

verb 2. soothe, calm, allay, dull, blunt, alleviate, appease, lull, mitigate, assuage, mollify, deaden, tranquillize, palliate << OPPOSITE provoke

Translations

quieten [ˈkwaɪətn] (also: quieten down) vi (= grow calm) → calmarse (= grow silent); callarse

vt → calmar; hacer callar

quieten [ˈkwaɪətn] (also: quieten down) vi → se calmer, s'apaiser

vt → calmer, apaiser

quieten [ˈkwaɪətn] quiet (Brit) (also: quieten down) vi → ruhiger werden

vt (person, animal) → beruhigen

quieten [ˈkwaɪətn] (BRIT) (also: quieten down) vi → calmarsi, chetarsi

vt → calmare, chetare