quieten down

verb

To become quieter.

“As the lights dimmed the audience quietened down.”

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Meanings

verbquieten down (third-person singular simple present quietens down, present participle quietening down, simple past and past participle quietened down)

present singular third person quietens down · participle present quietening down · participle past quietened down · past quietened down

  1. UKintransitiveTo become quieter.

    As the lights dimmed the audience quietened down.

  2. UKintransitiveTo reduce intensity of an activity.

    Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quietens down.

  3. UKtransitiveTo make someone or something become quieter.

    The teacher did her best to quieten the children down.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hush downhush upstifle
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APA

quieten down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quieten%20down

MLA

“quieten down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quieten%20down. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quieten down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quieten%20down.

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