Shush

//ʃʊʃ//

Synonyms for "shush" (94 found)

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Closest matches (19)

hush assibilate assibilation black out buzz censor choke choke off cut short dumb dumbfound effervesce effervescence effervescing fizz fizzle fizzling frication frictional rustling

Strong matches (28)

gag hiss hissing hugger mugger hugger-mugger hush up hush-hush hushing kill lisp muffle muzzle put to silence quash quiet quieten repress rhonchus shh shushing

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shut shut down shut down on shut up sibilance

Intj(2 words)

hist shish

Verb(1 words)

shish

Related words (47)

sibilate sibilation siffle sigmatism silence siss sissing sit on sizz sizzle sizzling smother sneeze sneezing sniff sniffle snore snort snuff snuffle

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soft pedal soft-pedal spit splutter sputter squash squelch squish sternutation stertor stifle still strangle strike dumb suppress swish throttle wheeze whish whistle whistling white noise whiz whoosh zip

Verb(1 words)

ssh

Proper Noun(1 words)

sus

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

hush hush up quieten shut up silence still

Synonyms

3 entries

dumb hush shh

Related terms

1 entries

shh

derived

4 entries

shushee shusher shushing unshushable

manner of

1 entries

hush

related to

2 entries

quiet shh

Translations

6 translations across 5 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

أُص verb (To be quiet)
صَمَت verb (To be quiet)

French

1 entries

chut verb (To be quiet)

Persian

1 entries

شوش name (Translations)

Polish

1 entries

Suza name (Translations)

Sicilian

1 entries

zìttiri verb (To be quiet)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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The judge raised his hand to shush Tom.

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Shush! It's a secret.

Source: tatoeba (6731015)

What did you shush me for?

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Leonid told Anna to shush.

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