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quietensverbpresent tense third-person singular of quietenchiefly British to free from distress or disturbancethe nanny tried to quieten the children with assurances that help was on its way becalms, calms, composes, lullabies, lulls, quiets, salves, settles, soothes, stills, tranquilizes(also tranquillizes) appeases, conciliates, hushes, mollifies, pacifies, placatesallays, alleviates, assuages, eases, lays, mitigates, quells, relaxes, relieves, solacesnarcotizes, sedates, stupefies agitates, discomposes, disquiets, disturbs, keys (up), perturbs, upsets, vexes aggravates, heightens, intensifiesarouses, excites, foments, incites, rouses, stirs (up), works up to stop the noise or speech ofone young chap was trying to quieten down the group dumbs, extinguishes, hushes, mutes, quells, quiets, settles, shushes, shuts up, silences, squelches, stills agitates, stirs |