QUIETEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does quieten mean?
• QUIETEN (verb)
The verb QUIETEN has 3 senses:
1. become quiet or quieter
2. make calm or still
3. cause to be quiet or not talk
Familiarity information: QUIETEN used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• QUIETEN (verb)
Meaning:
Become quiet or quieter
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
quiet down; quiet; quiesce; pipe down; quieten; hush
Context example:
The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
Hypernyms (to "quieten" is one way to...):
change intensity (increase or decrease in intensity)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
louden (become louder)
Meaning:
Make calm or still
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
calm; tranquillize; tranquillise; tranquilize; still; quieten; quiet; calm down; lull
Context example:
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Hypernyms (to "quieten" is one way to...):
comfort; console; solace; soothe (give moral or emotional strength to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quieten"):
lull (calm by deception)
compose (calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet)
appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; gruntle; lenify; mollify; pacify; placate (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of)
assure; reassure (cause to feel sure; give reassurance to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cause to be quiet or not talk
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
silence; hush; still; hush up; shut up; quieten
Context example:
Please silence the children in the church!
Hypernyms (to "quieten" is one way to...):
conquer; curb; inhibit; stamp down; subdue; suppress (to put down by force or authority)
Cause:
hush (become quiet or still; fall silent)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quieten"):
shush (silence (someone) by uttering 'shush!')
calm down; lull (become quiet or less intensive)
shout down (silence or overwhelm by shouting)
gag; muzzle (prevent from speaking out)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Antonym:
louden (cause to become loud)
