Quieten

Definition: Quieten

Quieten

Verb

1. Become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered".

2. Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear".

3. Cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "quieten" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1960. (references)

Synonyms: Quieten

Crosswords: Quieten

Expression using "quieten": quieten down. Additional references.

Albanian

qetësoj (allay, appease, assuage, balsam, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize), resht (pacify, quiet, quiet down, stop, tail away), pushoj (cease, desist, die, discontinue, dismiss, give over, hush, intermit, pacify, pass, pause, quiet down, quit, rest, shut down, Stow). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, occupy, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стихвам (drop, hush, lull, moderate, quiet, quiet down, sink, slacken, stand still, still, subside), успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize, unbend). (various references)

Czech

ztišit (soften, soothe), zaplašit (allay, banish, dispel, lay, quell, scare away, shoo, still), utišit se (calm, calm down, drop, go away, pipe down, still), utišit (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, ease, hush, pacify, quiet down, relieve, rest, silence, sooth, stay, tranquillize), uklidnit se (calm, calm down, compose oneself, cool down, simmer down, steady, still, subside), uchlácholit (coax, hush, mollify, propitiate, soothe). (various references)

Finnish

vaimeta (abate, be alleviated, die away, die down), vaimentua (abate, be alleviated, die away, die down). (various references)

French

apaiser (quench, quiet). (various references)

German

zur ruhe bringen (quiet, settle down), zum schweigen bringen (hush, put down, quiet, shut up, silence, to silence), ruhiger werden (quiet, quieten down, sober down, sober up), einschläfern (give a soporific, lull to sleep, make drowsy, make sleepy, put away, put down, put to sleep, quiet, send to sleep, soothe), einlullen (allay, lull, quiet), besänftigen (appease, calm down, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, smooth, smooth away, smooth down, soothe, still), beruhigen (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, ease, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten down, reassure, relieve, salve, sedate, settle, settle down, smooth, soothe, still, to allay, to appease, to calm, to compose, to pacify, to reassure, to sedate, to tranquilize, to tranquillize). (various references)

Greek 

καθησυχάζω (appease, comfort, placate, reassure, still, tranquilize), ηρεμώ (calm, calm down, compose, cool off, quiet, relax). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"שתיק (hush, mute, shush, shut up, silence, squelch), ל�"� יח את �"�"עת (calm, please, quiet down, satisfy). (various references)

Hungarian

lecsendesít (allay, becalm, calm, hush, lull, pacify, to appease, to assuage, to calm, to calm sy down, to hush, to lull, to pacify, to quiet down, to quieten, to still, to stroke down, to stroke sy down, to tranquillize). (various references)

Italian

placare (appease, calm, calm down, pacify, placate, quiet, relent, soften, soothe, still), calmare (abate, allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, compose, cool, ease, hush, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, reassure, sober, soothe, still, to appease). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

鎮まる (to abate, to be suppressed, to calm down, to die down, to quieten down, to subside), 静まる (to abate, to be suppressed, to calm down, to die down, to quieten down, to subside). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しずまる (to abate, to be suppressed, to calm down, to die down, to quieten down, to subside). (various references)

Manx

cur ny host (argue down, confutation, silence), cur aash er (ease). (various references)

Norwegian

roe ned, berolige. (various references)

Pig Latin

ietenquay

Romanian

linişti (abate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth, smooth down, soothe, still). (various references)

Russian 

успокаивать (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet, quiet down, quieted, quieting, reassure, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

umiriti (appease, attemper, grow quiet, pacify, palliate, placate, soothe, tranquilize), smiriti (appease, becalm, calm, lull, pacify, quiet, settle, tranquillize). (various references)

Spanish

tranquilizar a (soothe), calmarse (abate, blow over, calm down, cool down, die down, drop, ease, settle down, simmer down, sober down, subside), calmar (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, damp, dampen, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, quell, quiet, settle, sober down, soothe, still), callarse (be quiet, dry up, hold one's peace, hold one's tongue, hush, keep mum, keep quiet, pipe down, shut up), callar (keep quiet, quench, shut up, unvoice), acallar (be silent, blanket, hush, lay, silence, still, to appease). (various references)

Swedish

lugna (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, hush, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, reassure, salve, settle, settle down, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references)

Turkish

yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), susturmak (blanket, Burke, confute, cut short, gag, hush, outtalk, quiet, score off, settle smb.'s hash, shush, shut up, silence, squelch, still, Stow, wither), susmak (be quiet, be tongue-tied, hold one's peace, hush, keep mum, keep quiet, pipe down, quiet, quiet down, shush, shut up, stop speaking), sakinleşmek (become tranquilized, calm down, compose oneself, cool down, hush, let one's hair down, let up, quiet, quiet down, resettle, simmer down, slacken, smooth, smooth down, still, subside), dinmek (blow out, cease, lay, leave off, let up, pass, pass off, quiet down), dindirmek (abate, alleviate, assuage, attemper, ease, kill, quench, quiet, relieve, salve, soothe, stop, suppress). (various references)

Ukrainian

утихомирюватися, заспокоювати (appease, assuage, assure, becalm, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quiet, relieve, salve, satisfy, smooth, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "quieten": quietened, quietening, quietens. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: equine, quinte.

-2 letters: queen, quiet, quint, quite, unite, untie.

-3 letters: etui, nite, quin, quit, teen, tine, tune, unit.

-4 letters: nee, net, nit, nut, tee, ten, tie, tin, tui, tun.

-5 letters: en, et, in, it, ne, nu, ti, un, ut.

+1 letter: quietens.

+2 letters: equipment, inquieted, quercetin, quiescent, quietened, quietness, quintette, technique, unquieter.

+3 letters: delinquent, equestrian, equinities, equipments, equivalent, inadequate, ineloquent, inequities, infrequent, inquietude, liquescent, netiquette, queenliest, quercetins, questioned, questioner, quietening, quintettes, requesting, sequential, techniques, unquietest, unrequited.

+4 letters: acquiescent, acquirement, barquentine, bequeathing, cinquecento, delinquents, equestrians, equipollent, equivalents, frequenting, gigantesque, inequitable, inquietudes, netiquettes, questioners, quiescently, quietnesses, reequipment, requirement, unquietness.