quieted
SayKWY-it-id/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.ɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of quiet.
A few reassuring words quieted the worried passengers during the delay.
By midnight the crowd had quieted and the streets felt empty.
Note
One spelling does double duty for a verb that works two ways. With an object, it means someone made something quiet: the teacher quieted the class, and in the passive, the class was quieted. Without an object, it means something grew quiet on its own: the wind had quieted. Both uses take have in the perfect, but only the first can be made passive.
quieted is a form of quiet
quiet, verb: To make someone or something quiet, calm, or less active, or to become quiet and calm. Full entry
- Spelling
- quiet → quieted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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