HUSH UP Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

hush (up)

verb

Definition of hush (up)

as in to cover (up)

to keep from being publicly known the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers

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suppress

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When the neurotoxin stops suppressing nerve signals to those muscles, the lines return.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
In June, 1848, workers erected barricades on a nearby street, only to be brutally suppressed by government forces.

— Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

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