to quieten
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4.6
- verb
- /ˈkwaɪɪtən/
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calmar
- In an effort to quieten the room, he asked everyone to lower their voices.
- quieten down
So you can't use the mind to quieten the mind, right?
- So you can't use the mind to quieten the mind, right?
- And also once the the big noise on the streets is quietened, then the regime starts locking people up.
- And I had been given this privilege to bring her back to life, and it just quietened my soul and prepared me for the next day's work.
- The only way to quieten that noise is to focus on the things you do control and the things you can do.
- I know it quietens my mind if I do it first thing in the morning, but the laziness kicks in where I think I'm free.
- I have to jump through hoops and, you know, navigate through obstacles and, you know, quieten parts of myself and not express certain needs in order to get that attention.
- If you can quieten the mind, be present, be intentional, pay attention to what's going on around you, well, that's a form of meditation.
- Everybody is in tune if they quieten down the externals.
- It should quieten down and certainly don't don't panic.
Examples
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Ladies, could you please quieten down?
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Their lack of transparency will do little to quieten critics of the scheme.
Blog text (14) -
Is it possible to quieten the mind or is it only possible to change what it's saying?
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The only way to quieten that noise is to focus on the things you do control and the things you can do.
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Things are gonna quieten down around here!
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I'll quieten this whole situation down.
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I refused to let the crowd quieten me down.
Blog text (4) -
So you can't use the mind to quieten the mind, right?
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But things have slightly, slightly quietened down now, would you say?
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If you can quieten the mind, be present, be intentional, pay attention to what's going on around you, well, that's a form of meditation.
Synonyms
∞
4.1
Tell someone to be quiet in a rude or angry way
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1.0
To feel less nervous and more calm
962
1.0
Make a person or animal less upset
594
1.4
To become less angry, excited, or upset
191
2.7
Make the sound or heat from something lower, for example music
169
3.5
To stop someone from speaking or making noise
68
3.2
To make someone or something calm and less noisy
64
5.8
To make a sound or feeling quieter so it is less noticeable
56
2.5
To become quiet and calm after being excited
55
6.2
To calm down and stop being angry or excited
44
3.7
To make something less strong, for example a sound, color or feeling
42
2.0
Make people or things less noisy and less active
35
7.1
To become quiet or tell someone to stop making noise
34
2.8
To make something smaller in amount or strength
33
3.4
Make a person or thing quiet so others stop making noise
26
4.8
To make a sound or feeling less strong
19
5.2
To make someone feel calm and safe when they are not
19
2.5
Feel less angry or excited
16
4.4
Make something less strong or noticeable, for example sound and feeling
14
4.1
To become calm after strong feelings or to tell someone else to calm down
12
4.2
To make quiet or calm
11
5.2
To calm someone who is angry or upset
10
6.8
To make a person or animal calm by giving them medicine
8
7.2
To make someone less angry or upset
5
5.7
Reduce the strength of feelings or public anger
2
5.0
Make someone stop talking and be quiet
To make a noisy or angry crowd become quiet and stay under control
To make someone feel calmer or less angry
Antonyms
How Quiet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quieten comes from the simple word quiet and the verb ending -en that means 'make'. So to quieten someone or something is to make them quiet or calmer, which is why it means to reduce noise or excitement.