HUSHING (UP) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

hushing (up)

verb

present participle of hush (up)

as in covering (up)

to keep from being publicly known the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers

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suppressing

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Rather than suppressing appetite, the compound appears to boost energy expenditure, according to a study published in Science Advances.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Increasingly, the wildfires that most urgently need suppressing ignite in the interfaces between rural and urban areas, places smokejumpers were not originally intended to go.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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