hushing

verb

present participle of hush
1
as in cooling
to become still and orderly the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance

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2
as in quieting (down)
to stop talking the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony

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3
as in shushing
to stop the noise or speech of he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces

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Recent Examples of hushing If you’re used to traditional decluttering strategies that focus on sorting and purging, house hushing might feel strange. — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026 There are a lot of ways to declutter out there—the pile method and the discernment method are two of them, and now, everyone’s hushing their house. — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025 Unfortunately, the austerity and elegance of the downstairs dining room acts as a dampener, hushing the salad’s brashness and sapping much of the fun. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hushing
  1. cooling
  2. drying up
  3. shushing
  4. clamming up
  5. silencing
  6. quieting
  7. muting
Verb
  • Analysts point out that on one hand, droughts can hamper hydroelectric generation, while high temperatures raise cooling demand and strain power grids.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Conventional liquid cooling needs pumps, tubing, and reservoirs, which can consume space and add weight.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cooling
Verb
  • If the closure of the region’s waterways and the drying up of hydrocarbon exports become a lasting norm, that deal may come under strain.
    — Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Funding for refugee support is drying up, hostility toward Ukrainians is growing, and Poland still lacks a long-term integration strategy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of drying up
Verb
  • Trae Young won Madison Square Garden’s undying enmity in the 2021 playoffs for the Atlanta Hawks, punctuating game-breaking shots by shushing the crowd or bowing to the fans and waving goodbye.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
  • Wine country with kids in tow doesn’t have to mean a stressful afternoon of shushing and screen time.
    — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
Definition of shushing
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  • Less sweat-trapping than many synthetic jackets, the Oreus kept me from clamming up while ski-touring in five-degree temps and dissipated sweat quickly when worn after strenuous climbs.
    — Kelly Bastone, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of clamming up
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  • Prosecutors caught the elder Spitze helping his son contact four minor victims to try silencing them with gifts or orders to destroy evidence.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Response to ‘silencing’ claims As part of the suit, the city filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and temporary injunction.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of silencing
Verb
  • Seattle comforts you with its natural beauty, quieting your mind and heightening your senses.
    — Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Five minutes later, Messi gave Miami the lead, curling his shot in tight space past three defenders, quieting the sellout crowd at Subaru Park.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of quieting
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  • Among several solutions such as time limits and muting notifications during certain hours, the changes include giving teens the option to choose to view a non-algorithmic social media feed that isn’t personalized.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • During the third act, in a cunning effect, when anyone picks up a phone, the screen’s contents are displayed on a wall as the lights fade, muting the friends onstage.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
Definition of muting

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“Hushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hushing. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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