quieten (redirected from quietening)

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 [ˈkwaɪət^ən]

vb Chiefly Brit

1. (often foll by down) to make or become calm, silent, etc.; pacify or become peaceful

2. (tr) to allay (fear, doubts, etc.)

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) She tried to quieten her breathing.

2. soothe, calm, allay, dull, blunt, alleviate, appease, lull, mitigate, assuage, mollify, deaden, tranquillize, palliate a long time to quieten the paranoia of the West
soothe upset, provoke, intensify, worsen, exacerbate, aggravate

quieten someone down calm someone down, comfort, soothe, subdue, pacify Somehow I managed to quieten her down.

Translations

quieten [ˈkwaɪətn]

A. VT (also quieten down) (= calm) → calmar, tranquilizar (fig) (= silence) [+ fears] → acallar
he managed to quieten the crowd → logró calmar a la multitud

B. VI (also quieten down) (= calm down) → calmarse, tranquilizarse; (= fall silent) → callarse (fig) (after unruly youth etc) → calmarse, sentar cabeza; (after rage) → tranquilizarse

quieten [ˈkwaɪət^ən] (mainly British)

vi → se calmer, s'apaiser

vt

[+ person, breathing] → calmer, apaiser

(= allay) [+ fears, suspicions] → dissiper

quieten down

vt sep (= calm down) → calmer

vi (= calm down) → se calmer
Things have quietened down a bit → Les choses se sont un peu calmées.

quieten

vt (Brit)

sb → zum Schweigen bringen; noisy class, dog → zur Ruhe bringen; crying baby → beruhigen; engine → ruhiger machen

(= make calm) person, conscience → beruhigen; suspicion, fear → zerstreuen

quieten [ˈkwaɪət/ən]

1. vt (also quieten down) → calmare, placare

2. vi (also quieten down) → calmarsi