Associations to the word «Quieten»

Wiktionary

QUIETEN, verb. (transitive) To make quiet.
QUIETEN, verb. (intransitive) To become quiet.
QUIETEN DOWN, verb. (intransitive) (British) To become quieter
QUIETEN DOWN, verb. (intransitive) (British) To reduce intensity of an activity.
QUIETEN DOWN, verb. (transitive) (British) To make someone or something become quieter.

Dictionary definition

QUIETEN, verb. Become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered".
QUIETEN, verb. Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear".
QUIETEN, verb. Cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King