Dictionary Definition
hushed adj : in a softened tone; "hushed voices";
"muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" [syn:
muted, subdued, quiet]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌʃt
Adjective
- Very quietly. In soft tones.
- So awe inspiring was the sight that we spoke only in hushed whispers.
Verb
hushed- past of hush
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
at rest, calm, chastened, cloistered, closet, confidential, constrained, controlled, cool, dwindling, ebbing, echoless, even-tenored,
halcyon, hush as death,
impassive, in control,
in hand, inaudible,
inside, isolated, limited, moldering, mousy, noiseless, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quelled, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, restrained, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, sheltered, silent, smooth, softened, soundless, stable, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subaudible, subdued, subsiding, tempered, tranquil, unagitated, unarticulated, undisturbed, unhearable, unmoved, unperturbed, unpronounced, unruffled, unsounded, unstirring, untroubled, unuttered, unvocalized, unvoiced, waning, whist