hush
/hʌʃ/
verb
- To become or make quiet or silent.
- She hushed the baby by singing a soft lullaby.
- The teacher asked the class to hush so the lesson could begin.
- The crowd hushed when the speaker walked onto the stage.
- To suppress or keep something secret, especially by preventing discussion.
- The company tried to hush the scandal by paying off the reporters.
- The government hushed the news of the accident for weeks.
- They hushed up the mistake to avoid embarrassment.
noun
- A silence or stillness, especially after noise or activity.
- A hush fell over the room as the winner was announced.
- The hush of the forest was broken only by birdsong.
- There was a sudden hush after the thunder stopped.
Antonyms
interjection
- Used to demand silence or quiet.
- "Hush! I can't hear the movie," he told his friends.
- "Hush!" the librarian whispered, pointing to the sign.
- "Hush now, everything will be okay," she said to the crying child.