hush
verb
[ hʌʃ ]
• make (someone) be quiet or stop talking.
• "he placed a finger before pursed lips to hush her"
hush
noun
• a silence.
• "a hush descended over the crowd"
Similar:
silence,
quiet,
quietness,
quietude,
soundlessness,
noiselessness,
stillness,
still,
peacefulness,
peace,
calmness,
calm,
tranquillity,
Origin:
mid 16th century: back-formation from obsolete husht ‘silent’ (taken to be a past participle), from an interjection husht ‘quiet!’.
