quieting (down)
verb
as in drying up
to stop talking the kids quieted down when they realized I was about to ask them if they wanted ice cream Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- drying up
- clamming up
- dummying up
- hushing
- belting up
- piping down
- shutting up
- holding one's peace
- holding one's tongue
- calming (down)
- cooling (down)
- settling (down)
- hawing
- hemming
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- speaking
- spouting (off)
- talking
- talking up
- speaking out
- speaking up
- piping up
- sounding off