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quietenedverbpast tense of quietenchiefly British to free from distress or disturbancethe nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way becalmed, calmed, composed, lullabied, lulled, quieted, salved, settled, soothed, stilled, tranquilized(also tranquillized) appeased, conciliated, hushed, mollified, pacified, placatedallayed, alleviated, assuaged, eased, laid, mitigated, quelled, relaxed, relieved, solacednarcotized, sedated, stupefied agitated, discomposed, disquieted, disturbed, keyed (up), perturbed, upset, vexed(also vext) aggravated, heightened, intensifiedaroused, excited, fomented, incited, roused, stirred (up), worked up to stop the noise or speech ofone young chap was trying to quieten down the group dumbed, extinguished, hushed, muted, quelled, quieted, settled, shushed, shut up, silenced, squelched, stilled agitated, stirred |