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Defenition of the word shut up

    • Defenition of the word shut up

      • refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
      • cause to be quiet or not talk; "This threat ought to shut them up!"
      • place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
      • closely confined
      • cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
      • cause to be quiet or not talk
      • refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
      • place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

    Synonyms for the word shut up

      • be quiet
      • belt up
      • button up
      • clam up
      • close up
      • dummy up
      • hush
      • hush up
      • keep mum
      • lock
      • lock away
      • lock in
      • lock up
      • pent
      • put away
      • quieten
      • shut away
      • silence
      • still

    Similar words in the shut up

      • confined
      • gloss over
      • hush up
      • sleek over
      • whitewash

    Hyponyms for the word shut up

      • calm down
      • gag
      • lull
      • muzzle
      • shout down
      • shush

    Hypernyms for the word shut up

      • confine
      • conquer
      • curb
      • inhibit
      • stamp down
      • subdue
      • suppress

    Antonyms for the word shut up

      • louden
      • open up

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