Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hush
Participle: hushed
Gerund: hushing
Indicative
Present
| I | hush |
| you | hush |
| he;she;it | hushes |
| we | hush |
| you | hush |
| they | hush |
Perfect
| I | have hushed |
| you | have hushed |
| he;she;it | has hushed |
| we | have hushed |
| you | have hushed |
| they | have hushed |
Past
| I | hushed |
| you | hushed |
| he;she;it | hushed |
| we | hushed |
| you | hushed |
| they | hushed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hushed |
| you | had hushed |
| he;she;it | had hushed |
| we | had hushed |
| you | had hushed |
| they | had hushed |
Future
| I | will hush |
| you | will hush |
| he;she;it | will hush |
| we | will hush |
| you | will hush |
| they | will hush |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hushed |
| you | will have hushed |
| he;she;it | will have hushed |
| we | will have hushed |
| you | will have hushed |
| they | will have hushed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hush |
| you | hush |
| he;she;it | hush |
| we | hush |
| you | hush |
| they | hush |
Perfect
| I | have hushed |
| you | have hushed |
| he;she;it | have hushed |
| we | have hushed |
| you | have hushed |
| they | have hushed |
Imperfect
| I | hushed |
| you | hushed |
| he;she;it | hushed |
| we | hushed |
| you | hushed |
| they | hushed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hushed |
| you | had hushed |
| he;she;it | had hushed |
| we | had hushed |
| you | had hushed |
| they | had hushed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hush |
| you | would hush |
| he;she;it | would hush |
| we | would hush |
| you | would hush |
| they | would hush |
Perfect
| I | would have hushed |
| you | would have hushed |
| he;she;it | would have hushed |
| we | would have hushed |
| you | would have hushed |
| they | would have hushed |
Imperative
| you | hush |
| we | Let's hush |
| you | hush |
Verbs conjugated like 'hush'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hush'
bush,
dush,
gush,
hash,
hish,
husk,
lush,
mush,
push,
rush,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English huschen (“to hush”) (as past participle husht (“silent; hushed”) and interjection husht (“quiet!”)). Cognate with Low German huschen, hüssen (“to hush; lull”), German huschen (“to shoo; scurry”), Danish hysse (“to hush”), and maybe Albanian hesht. See: Low Saxon 'huschen', German, old spelling '
huschen', Danish '
hysse', Albanian '
hesht'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] jammed into his hat, which flies off in the concussion. After a few moments the “ slough ” is passed, and the horses stop, panting; — the senator finds his hat, the woman straightens her bonnet and hushes her child, and they brace themselves for what is yet to come.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Be it as it may, it is certain that the attitude, eye, voice, manner, of the speaker for a moment struck the party below to silence. There is something in boldness and determination that for a time hushes even the rudest nature. Marks was the only one who remained wholly untouched. He was deliberately cocking his pistol, and, in the momentary silence that followed George's speech, he fired at him. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The statuettes and pictures in Eva's room were shrouded in white napkins, and only hushed breathings and muffled footfalls were heard there, and the light stole in solemnly through windows partially darkened by closed blinds.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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After all, let a man take what pains he may to hush it down, a human soul is an awful ghostly, unquiet possession, for a bad man to have. Who knows the metes and bounds of it ? Who knows all its awful perhapses,—those shudderings and tremblings, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)