hushed
Very quiet and still.
hushed in a sentence
- A hushed audience watched as the lights dimmed and the curtain rose.
- The forest was hushed after the snowfall, with not a single bird making a sound.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to hushed?
- Aloud
- Bnoisy
- Crowdy
- Dquiet
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D: quiet. The other three mean the opposite of hushed.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to hushed?
- Asilent
- Bloud
- Csoft
- Dquiet
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B: loud. The other three mean nearly the same as hushed.
Words that mean something similar
quiet, silent, soft
Words that mean the opposite
loud, noisy, rowdy
More words about speech & sound
- implore: To beg someone desperately to do something.
- imply: To suggest something without actually saying it.
- inaudible: So quiet that it cannot be heard.
- indicate: To show or point out where something is, or what is meant.
- interrogate: To ask someone lots of questions, often in a strict way, to find something out.
- jargon: The special words used by a group, which are hard for outsiders to understand.
- jeer: To laugh at someone in a mean, mocking way.
- kerfuffle: A noisy fuss or commotion about something.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test