The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and has decided not to pay a red cent more.
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Hush
//hʌʃ//
Synonyms for "hush" (180 found)
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Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
repressrestrhonchusrockrock to sleepsecrecysecretivenesssecretnessshhshushshushingshut downshut down onshut upsibilancesibilatesibilationsifflesigmatismsilence
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silentsilentnesssisssissingsit onsizzsizzlesizzlingsmoothsmooth downsmooth oversmoothensmothersneezesneezingsniffsnifflesnoresnortsnuffsnufflesoft pedalsoft-pedalsoftensolemn silencesoothesoundlesssoundlessnessspitspluttersputtersquashsquelchsquishstabilizesteadysternutationstertorstiflestillstillnessstillystrike dumbsubduesuppressswishtacitnesstaciturnitythrottletomblike silencetranquilizetranquillitywheezewhishwhishtwhisperwhistwhistlewhistlingwhite noisewhizwhooshzip
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16 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 21 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sjuut verb (to become quiet)
Arabic
4 entries- أَصْمَتَ verb (to make quiet)
- صَمَتَ verb (to become quiet)
- صَمَّتَ verb (to make quiet)
- يسكت verb (to become quiet)
Bikol Central
2 entries- halo verb (to become quiet)
- halo verb (to make quiet)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мълчание noun (silence)
- тишина noun (silence)
- въдворявам тишина verb (to make quiet)
- млъквам verb (to become quiet)
Catalan
4 entries- silenci noun (silence)
- apaivagar verb (to soothe)
- assossegar verb (to soothe)
- callar verb (to become quiet)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 安靜 /安静 noun (silence)
- 安靜 /安静 verb (to become quiet)
Danish
1 entries- stilhed noun (silence)
Finnish
3 entries- hiljaisuus noun (silence)
- hyssytellä verb (to make quiet)
- vaientaa verb (to make quiet)
French
1 entries- silence noun (silence)
Galician
4 entries- acalentar verb (to soothe)
- acamallar verb (to soothe)
- acuchuminar verb (to soothe)
- amuar verb (to become quiet)
German
4 entries- Ruhe noun (silence)
- Stille noun (silence)
- still werden verb (to become quiet)
- verstummen verb (to become quiet)
Hungarian
4 entries- csend noun (silence)
- elcsendesedik verb (to become quiet)
- elcsendesül verb (to become quiet)
- elcsitít verb (to make quiet)
Japanese
2 entries- 静けさ noun (silence)
- 黙る verb (to become quiet)
Latin
1 entries- taceo verb (to become quiet)
Māori
2 entries- māī verb (to become quiet)
- pōpō verb (to soothe)
Polish
3 entries- uciszać verb (to make quiet)
- uciszyć verb (to make quiet)
- zamilknąć verb (to become quiet)
Romanian
1 entries- tăcea verb (to become quiet)
Russian
4 entries- молча́ние noun (silence)
- тишина́ noun (silence)
- замо́лкнуть verb (to become quiet)
- замолка́ть verb (to become quiet)
Slovak
4 entries- ticho noun (silence)
- stíchnuť verb (to become quiet)
- utíšiť verb (to make quiet)
- zamĺknuť verb (to become quiet)
Spanish
4 entries- silencio noun (silence)
- acallar verb (to make quiet)
- acallar verb (to soothe)
- callar verb (to become quiet)
Turkish
4 entries- sessizlik noun (silence)
- suskunlaşmak verb (to become quiet)
- susmak verb (to become quiet)
- susturmak verb (to make quiet)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Hush!
Source: tatoeba (689811)
Oh, hush!
Source: tatoeba (697744)
Many politicians are believed to accept hush money.
Source: tatoeba (1064376)
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