What is another word for shutting up?

Pronunciation: [ʃˈʌtɪŋ ˈʌp] (IPA)

There are several synonyms for the phrase "shutting up". One common synonym is "keeping quiet", which means to remain silent or not speak. Another synonym is "closing one's mouth", which implies physically closing one's lips. "Muting oneself" is another synonym that suggests reducing the volume of one's voice or stopping oneself from speaking altogether. "Hushing" and "silencing" are similar terms that indicate a desire for someone to stop speaking or making noise. "Zippering" or "zipping one's mouth" is a metaphorical synonym that implies the physical action of closing a zipper on one's lips to prevent oneself from speaking. Overall, there are numerous ways to express the concept of "shutting up" in English.

What are the hypernyms for Shutting up?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Shutting up

  • Among other things they picked out a detail that Charles had been offered the Governorship of Hong Kong in its dying days by Thatcher in return for shutting up about the inner cities. He quite rightly in my view led the paper on this story.
    Anthony Holden
  • "Then those people are right who say that Heaven and Hell are only states of mind?" "Hush," he said sternly. "Do not blaspheme. Hell is a state of mind — ye never said a truer word. And every state of mind, left to itself, every shutting up of the creature within the dungeon of its own mind — is, in the end, Hell. But Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is reality itself. All that is fully real is Heavenly."
    C. S. Lewis

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