Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shush
Participle: shushed
Gerund: shushing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | shush |
| you | shush |
| he;she;it | shushes |
| we | shush |
| you | shush |
| they | shush |
Perfect
| I | have shushed |
| you | have shushed |
| he;she;it | has shushed |
| we | have shushed |
| you | have shushed |
| they | have shushed |
Past
| I | shushed |
| you | shushed |
| he;she;it | shushed |
| we | shushed |
| you | shushed |
| they | shushed |
Pluperfect
| I | had shushed |
| you | had shushed |
| he;she;it | had shushed |
| we | had shushed |
| you | had shushed |
| they | had shushed |
Future
| I | will shush |
| you | will shush |
| he;she;it | will shush |
| we | will shush |
| you | will shush |
| they | will shush |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shushed |
| you | will have shushed |
| he;she;it | will have shushed |
| we | will have shushed |
| you | will have shushed |
| they | will have shushed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shush |
| you | shush |
| he;she;it | shush |
| we | shush |
| you | shush |
| they | shush |
Perfect
| I | have shushed |
| you | have shushed |
| he;she;it | have shushed |
| we | have shushed |
| you | have shushed |
| they | have shushed |
Imperfect
| I | shushed |
| you | shushed |
| he;she;it | shushed |
| we | shushed |
| you | shushed |
| they | shushed |
Pluperfect
| I | had shushed |
| you | had shushed |
| he;she;it | had shushed |
| we | had shushed |
| you | had shushed |
| they | had shushed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shush |
| you | would shush |
| he;she;it | would shush |
| we | would shush |
| you | would shush |
| they | would shush |
Perfect
| I | would have shushed |
| you | would have shushed |
| he;she;it | would have shushed |
| we | would have shushed |
| you | would have shushed |
| they | would have shushed |
Imperative
| you | shush |
| we | Let's shush |
| you | shush |
Verbs conjugated like 'shush'
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 'shush'
hush,
slush,
smush,
sqush,
zhush,
blush,
brush,
bush,
chuse,
crush,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Imitative. Compare shh and hush.
Sample Sentences
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He wouldn't shush so I kicked him.
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Shush, my parents are back!
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The boy in front of us was making too much noise, so we shushed him.
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The sequence where Sam carves off Jorah’s infected tissue in secret, stopping every few moments to shush his patient, is presented as comic relief why? Jorah reels back into a diagonal close-up whimpering like a dog. Yellow pus oozes to get those good gross-out laughs. Is the substance of this operation funny to anyone on its face? [2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:]
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To this day, many in the spelling world rebuff supernatural claims: On the podcast, parents say that they’ve been “shushed” in online forums, or “shut down” from sharing their experiences at conferences. [2025 March 3, Daniel Engber, “The Telepathy Trap”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 15 Apr 2026:]