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Definition: Quiet Down |
Quiet DownVerb1. Become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Quiet DownSynonyms: hush (v), pipe down (v), quiesce (v), quiet (v), quieten (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: louden (v). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ok, quiet down or nobody gets to be the hostage! (Carpool; writing credit: Don Rhymer) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Would you quiet down if I ask you in?. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "quiet down"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qetësohet (let up, lull), resht (pacify, quiet, quieten, stop, tail away), pushoj (cease, desist, die, discontinue, dismiss, give over, hush, intermit, pacify, pass, pause, quieten, quit, rest, shut down, Stow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стихвам (drop, hush, lull, moderate, quiet, quieten, sink, slacken, stand still, still, subside), успокоявам се (calm down, regain one's composure, settle down, smooth down, steady), успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize, unbend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ztišit se, utišit (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, ease, hush, pacify, quieten, relieve, rest, silence, sooth, stay, tranquillize), ukonejšit (hush). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hiljentyä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sich beruhigen (abate, be eased, become calm, calm down, die down, ease off, lessen, quieten down, relax, settle down, simmer down, smooth down, sober up, steady, subside, to quiet down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל" יח את ""עת (calm, please, quieten, satisfy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megnyugtat (assuage, becalm, calm down, disembarrass, gentle, quell, quiet, reassure, still, to appease, to assuage, to calm sy down, to gentle, to hush, to lull, to quell, to quiet down, to reassure, to salve, to sedate, to sleek, to solace, to soothe, to still, to stroke down, to stroke sy down, to tranquillize, tranquilize, tranquillize), lecsillapít (appease, calm down, hush, quell, reconcile, to appease, to assuage, to calm, to mollify, to quell, to reconcile, to salve, to smooth, to stroke down, to tranquillize, tranquillize, wet blanket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | quietare (calm, calm down, quiet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ietquay ownday serenar (bridle, calm down, pacify, restrain, tranquilize, tranquillize), acalmar-se (calm down, chill out, simmer down). (various references) se domoli (abate, ease, flatten, lull, relent, slacken, soften, swoon). (various references) успокаивать (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieted, quieten, quieting, reassure, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), уняться (calm down, stop flowing), притихнуть (grow quiet). (various references) stišati se (abate, die down), smiriti se (calm down, cool down, simmer down). (various references) lugna sig (calm down, lull). (various references) yatışmak (calm down, come off the boil, cool, cool down, quiet, resettle, settle, simmer down, still, subside), susmak (be quiet, be tongue-tied, hold one's peace, hush, keep mum, keep quiet, pipe down, quiet, quieten, shush, shut up, stop speaking), sakinleşmek (become tranquilized, calm down, compose oneself, cool down, hush, let one's hair down, let up, quiet, quieten, resettle, simmer down, slacken, smooth, smooth down, still, subside), dinmek (blow out, cease, lay, leave off, let up, pass, pass off, quieten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conquiescam, conquievit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-n-o-q-t-u-w" | |
-2 letters: outwind, quoined, quoited, wideout. | |
-3 letters: dunite, quinte, quoted, townie, twined, united, untied, wonted. | |
-4 letters: donut, dowie, dwine, endow, equid, indow, indue, noted, nudie, outed, owned, quiet, quint, quite, quoin, quoit, quote, teind, tined, tondi, toned, toque, towed, towie, tuned, twine, unite, untie, unwed, unwit, widen, wined, wited, wound. | |
-5 letters: deni, dent, diet, dine, dint. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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