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Definition of Hushed
1. Adjective. In a softened tone. "A quiet reprimand"
Definition of Hushed
1. Adjective. Very quietly. In soft tones. ¹
2. Verb. (past of hush) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hushed
1. hush [v] - See also: hush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hushed
Literary usage of Hushed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"Lies hushed, like a seer in a vision. WD HOWELLS. hushed like an infant on its
... hushed as midnight. — IBID. hushed soft as the leaves and the grasses Are ..."
2. The American Common-place Book of Poetry, with Occasional Notes (1839)
"These arms, that now enfold me So closely to thy heart, These eyes, that now
behold me, From all—from all—I part. hushed is the Voice of Judah's Mirth. ..."
3. The Chinese Repository by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, S. W. Williams (1846)
"V. Journal of Occurrences: popular disturbances hushed; payment of the twenty-one,
millions completed; new prefect; ships of war at ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"During her progress, the sound of war was hushed, quarrels were suspended, arms
laid aside, and the restless Germans had an opportunity of tasting the ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Amid the strife of many voices his note of solemn unction sounds clear and brings
silence, as the music of a bird when all the woods are hushed. ..."
6. The Poetical Works and Remains of Henry Kirke White by Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey (1855)
"Vain thought! the confines of his throne to trace, Who glows through all the
fields of boundless space. A BALLAD. BE hushed, be ..."
7. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"But I with mournful tread, H Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
hushed BE THE CAMPS TO-DAY (May 4th, ..."
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