to shh

Examples

• All

• Don't shh me!

  Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

• Seriously, wailing kids don't bug me, and I never shh anyone unless they are swearing in my room. Kids are noisy little buggers.

  Blog text (24)

• Bad things he said and then shushed me when I asked him what he meant.

• Bit me on the stomach to make me cry and then shushed me to be a good sister.

• And my orchestra conductor cannot shush anything.

• And my orchestra conductor cannot shush anything.

• There's a kind of fakeness to that something I, I, I shushed off, rejects, that kind of thing.

• [Phil] Don't shh me.

  City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)

• She wanted to speak, but her mother made a shh sound to indicate silence.

• During the movie, he turned to his friends and whispered, shh, so they wouldn't disturb others.

Synonyms

S

to shut up

vsto shh

• Offensive

∞ 4.1

Tell someone to be quiet in a rude or angry way

achieves silence with a gentle soft sound rather than abrupt rudeness

B

to be quiet

vsto shh

231 1.0

To stop making noise or talking

achieves silence by producing a soft hushing sound rather than general quieting

S

to silence

vsto shh

169 3.5

To stop someone from speaking or making noise

is less formal and uses a gentle hushing sound to stop noise

Q

to quiet

vsto shh

68 3.2

To make someone or something calm and less noisy

is the narrower act of quieting someone by using a soft hushing sound

P

to pipe down

vsto shh

• Informal

35 7.1

To become quiet or tell someone to stop making noise

does the same but with a soft, gentle hushing sound rather than bluntness

H

to hush

vsto shh

33 3.4

Make a person or thing quiet so others stop making noise

focuses on doing this with a soft hushing sound rather than any method

S

to shush

vsto shh

• Informal

31 5.5

Tell someone to be quiet by making a soft 'shh' sound

uses the same idea but names the soft hushing sound 'shh'

P

to put a sock in it

vsto shh

• UK

9 9.1

Tell someone to be quiet

achieves the same result gently by using a soft hushing sound

H

to hush up

vsto shh

• Informal

2 5.0

Make someone stop talking and be quiet

does the same stopping but specifically by making a soft hushing sound

W

to whush

vsto shh

• UK

9.9

To tell someone quietly to stop talking

relies on the particular soft hushing sound rather than gestures

S

ssh

vsto shh

• Informal

9.5

A short sound people make to tell someone to be quiet

is the same short quieting sound but specifically the gentle hushing form

W

to wheesht

vsto shh

• UK

9.9

To tell someone to be quiet in a soft voice

uses a simple soft hushing sound rather than a regional shout

K

to keep (someone's) voice down

vsto shh

• Informal

3.4

Speak quietly so you do not disturb others

asks for full silence using a brief soft hushing sound rather than lowering volume

B

to belt up

vsto shh

• Offensive

9.2

To tell someone to stop talking and be quiet

uses a softer hushing sound and a gentler tone than that brusque command

S

to shut one's gob

vsto shh

• UK

9.9

To tell someone rudely to be quiet

uses a quiet hushing sound and a milder, less blunt tone

S

to shut one's assmouth

vsto shh

• Offensive

9.9

Tells someone to be quiet in a rude way

is the polite gentle hushing sound rather than a coarse command

Antonyms

S

to speak

∞ 1.0

To talk with someone to share thoughts or feelings

How Forceful

to hush

33 3.4

to shh

• Informal

8.3

psst

• Informal

8 9.9

Surface Forms

Etymology