deathly hush There was a deathly hush after she made the announcement.
Synonyms
still (NOT MOVING) literary
hush
exclamation
us
/hʌʃ/ uk
/hʌʃ/Meaning of hush in English
(Definition of hush from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of hush from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of hush
hush
He doesn't capture the hush, the quiet, the grieving, the mourning, the sense that nothing was ever going to be okay again.
From A.V. Club
We want the public to know about this and not have it hushed up.
From The Seattle Times
Talent agents who have relationships with technology companies who do this work are often hush-hush, to maintain their competitive advantage.
From The Verge
She overloads the book with descriptors; everything is sparkling, hushed, far too precious.
From OregonLive.com
In the past, such things were very hush-hush.
From Los Angeles Times
A hush comes over the stadium, and the chaos is put on hold as the starter goes through his litany one final time.
From The Seattle Times
Many are concerned that stories are now being hushed up by terrified reporters.
From CBS News
The theater lights dimmed, the crowd hushed, and the curtain raced skyward.
From NPR
All of a sudden, the headhunter calls that had been hush-hush and furtive came out in the open.
From Huffington Post
The lights go down, a hush falls, the curtain parts.
From The Atlantic
And it means staring down fears, working to resolve nagging problems instead of hushing them with a chocolate bar.
From Washington Post
It's all very hush-hush -- because this is your identity we're talking about.
From VentureBeat
He said this is going to be hush-hush.
From Dallas Morning News
There are strange little people roaming the halls or having hushed conversations with stuffed animals.
From Huffington Post
Circumcision is no longer a hush-hush topic, seldom discussed in public.
From Huffington Post
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沈黙, 静けさ, ～を黙らせる…
'Sus!', 'Sakin ol!', 'Sesini çıkarma!'…
chut, silence, chut !…
silenci, fer callar…
Stil!, stilte…
stille! tys!, tavshed…
hyssj!, sch!, tystnad…
syh!, kesenyapan…
still!, die Stille…
hysj, hysj!, tyss!…
мовчати, тиша…
тише! ш-ш-ш!, тишина, молчание…
سُكوت, يُسكِت…
pst!, ticho…
hus! Ssst!, kesunyian…
คำออกเสียงเพื่อขอให้เงียบ, ความเงียบ…
Im nào, sự im lặng…
cicho, ćśś, cii…
정적, 조용히시키다…
silenzio, calma, zittire…
