Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to quiet
Participle: quieted
Gerund: quieting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | quiet |
| you | quiet |
| he;she;it | quiets |
| we | quiet |
| you | quiet |
| they | quiet |
Perfect
| I | have quieted |
| you | have quieted |
| he;she;it | has quieted |
| we | have quieted |
| you | have quieted |
| they | have quieted |
Past
| I | quieted |
| you | quieted |
| he;she;it | quieted |
| we | quieted |
| you | quieted |
| they | quieted |
Pluperfect
| I | had quieted |
| you | had quieted |
| he;she;it | had quieted |
| we | had quieted |
| you | had quieted |
| they | had quieted |
Future
| I | will quiet |
| you | will quiet |
| he;she;it | will quiet |
| we | will quiet |
| you | will quiet |
| they | will quiet |
Future Perfect
| I | will have quieted |
| you | will have quieted |
| he;she;it | will have quieted |
| we | will have quieted |
| you | will have quieted |
| they | will have quieted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | quiet |
| you | quiet |
| he;she;it | quiet |
| we | quiet |
| you | quiet |
| they | quiet |
Perfect
| I | have quieted |
| you | have quieted |
| he;she;it | have quieted |
| we | have quieted |
| you | have quieted |
| they | have quieted |
Imperfect
| I | quieted |
| you | quieted |
| he;she;it | quieted |
| we | quieted |
| you | quieted |
| they | quieted |
Pluperfect
| I | had quieted |
| you | had quieted |
| he;she;it | had quieted |
| we | had quieted |
| you | had quieted |
| they | had quieted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would quiet |
| you | would quiet |
| he;she;it | would quiet |
| we | would quiet |
| you | would quiet |
| they | would quiet |
Perfect
| I | would have quieted |
| you | would have quieted |
| he;she;it | would have quieted |
| we | would have quieted |
| you | would have quieted |
| they | would have quieted |
Imperative
| you | quiet |
| we | Let's quiet |
| you | quiet |
Verbs conjugated like 'quiet'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'quiet'
quilt,
quirt,
quit,
acquiet,
bequiet,
buist,
diet,
duet,
guilt,
inquiet,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- silence
- hush, muffle, smother, still, mute, stop, check, restrain
- soothe
- calm, assuage, compose, soften, lull, smooth, pacify, appease
Antonyms
- to evoke extreme anger in a person (or animal)
- allay, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, charm, comfort, conciliate, console, defuse, disarm, enchant, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, relieve, settle, soothe, enrage
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".
Verbs referencing "quiet"
Spanish
quitar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] was such, that he believed he must have been practised upon to induce him to revolt from him. He visited the Quaker, in high anger; but, being possessed of uncommon candor and fairness, was soon quieted by his arguments and representations. It was a side of the subject which he never had heard,—never had thought on; and he immediately told the Quaker that, if his slave would, to his own face, say [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)