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Synonyms for be quiet
be qui·et
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Princeton's WordNet
close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mumverb
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
"The children shut up when their father approached"
Synonyms:
block, shut away, belt up, hush, button up, dummy, impede, lock away, lock up, hush up, still, dummy up, clam up, close up, keep mum, close, close down, obstruct, put away, lock in, fold, obturate, lock, shut down, quieten, shut up, jam, silence, occlude
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#390 | still | |
#735 | close | |
#1662 | block | |
#3411 | lock | |
#5259 | jam | |
#6423 | fold | |
#6644 | silence | |
#13245 | dummy | |
#19241 | hush | |
#29400 | impede | |
#39730 | obstruct | |
#205593 | occlude | |
#243815 | quieten |
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Well it was quiet. No place is safe anymore.
We were raised not to say anything bad about the Catholic religion, but at the same time, we can't stay quiet about this. It's like the altar boy scandal. All the people who stayed quiet about the altar boy scandal, how do they feel now? it seems like the church is doing all it can to separate Serra from the atrocities and deaths and what happened to the Indians, but that does not work.
Amanda is embarrassed and ashamed this happened and sincerely apologizes to hotel security and the Las Vegas Police Department, amanda is a gentle, respectful person who has never gotten physical with anyone under any circumstance. That evening she had a few drinks at a bachelorette party and when hotel security asked her and Bobby to quiet down, she got a bit rambunctious. Amanda gave Bobby what she thought was a playful shove ; hotel security did their job and reported the incident to the police, who in turn did their job. Despite Bobby explaining this was not an ill-intended shove, the police still had to do their job, which Amanda completely respects and understands.
There's been so much drama surrounded by what went on at Fashion Police that I have chosen to keep quiet about, but I will say this: Giuliana is not often wrong. She really isn't, but it's been really, really heartbreaking to see her behavior that has transpired when she did get caught being wrong. That's what broke my heart.
These kids sometimes overreact to the smallest things. Or they keep their heads down and get real quiet. Then I know something is wrong.
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