Meanings
verbquiet down (third-person singular simple present quiets down, present participle quieting down, simple past and past participle quieted down)
present singular third person quiets down · participle present quieting down · participle past quieted down · past quieted down
- UStransitiveTo make someone or something become quieter.
The teacher did her best to quiet the children down.
- USintransitivetransitiveTo diminish in intensity.
Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quiets down.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic هَدَأَ
- هَدَأَ (hadaʔa)become quieter
Catalan callar
- callarbecome quieter
French taire
- tairemake someone or something become quieter
Polish ucichać, ucichnąć
- ucichaćbecome quieter
- ucichnąćbecome quieter
- uciszać siębecome quieter
- uciszyć siębecome quieter
- uciszaćmake someone or something become quieter
- uciszyćmake someone or something become quieter
- uspokajać siędiminish in intensity
- uspokoić siędiminish in intensity
Spanish callar, acallar
- callarbecome quieter
- acallarmake someone or something become quieter
Cite this entry
APA
quiet down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiet%20down
MLA
“quiet down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiet%20down. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quiet down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiet%20down.
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