quietening
Growing more still
Quietening is the process of becoming quiet or making something quiet.
The word functions as both a present participle and a noun: The quietening of the crowd signaled the speaker's arrival.
More common in British English; Americans tend to prefer quieting.
Suppressing sound output
- shushingUrging silence vocally
- hushingQuieting or water-mining
- mufflingReducing sound intensity
- dampeningReducing or wetting slightly
stifling · suppressing · quelling · gagging · censoring · squelching · smothering · deadening
Reducing distress or discomfort
- pacifyingCalming someone agitated
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- lullingCalming into tranquility
- hushingQuieting or water-mining
stilling · tranquilizing · relaxing · easing · comforting · mollifying · placating · gentling
muting
Suppressing sound output
dampening · stifling · suppressing · quelling · gagging · censoring · squelching · smothering · deadening · quashing
soothing
Reducing distress or discomfort
hushing · stilling · tranquilizing · relaxing · easing · comforting · mollifying · placating · gentling · sedating
dying down
Decreasing in force
- subsidingDecreasing in intensity
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
abating · diminishing · tapering · dwindling · receding · lessening · decreasing · softening · weakening · trailing off
quieteningamplifying
Increasing strength or intensity
loudening · turning up · increasing · boosting · intensifying
quieteningagitating
Disturbing or stirring up
stirring up · rousing · disturbing · riling · unsettling
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