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What is another word for hush-hush?

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Adjective

Behaving or done in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard

Intended to be kept secret

Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders)

Unwilling to talk or impart information

Noun

The state or condition of being soundless

Highly classified

Verb

To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious

To make quiet or stop from speaking

Adverb

In a surreptitious or secret manner

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Adjective

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Behaving or done in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard

behind someone's back

strictly confidential

not to be made public

not in the public domain

impossible to understand

not easily understood

like a snake in the grass

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Adjective

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Intended to be kept secret

mum^UK

mom^US

not to be made public

to be kept under wraps

not to be mentioned

not for public consumption

in confidence

not to be quoted

within these four walls

strictly confidential

under-the-table

sub-rosa

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Adjective

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Secret, not spoken of (or spoken of only in hushed whispers between insiders)

Adjective

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Unwilling to talk or impart information

mom^US

mum^UK

playing your cards close to your chest

unable to get a word out

keeping people at arm's length

unwilling to mix with other people

stony-hearted

wouldn't say boo to a goose

wintery^UK

wintry^US

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Noun

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The state or condition of being soundless

Noun

Highly classified

under security restrictions

under wraps

Verb

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To attempt to persuade without being obvious about it, by understating a position so the listener takes the good points as obvious

minimise^UK

minimize^US

put on the soft pedal

trivialize^US

trivialise^UK

attach little importance to

give little weight to

rationalize^US

brush something under the carpet

rationalise^UK

criticize^US

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

criticise^UK

set too little store by

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Verb

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To make quiet or stop from speaking

suppress the speech of

prohibit from speaking

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Adverb

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In a surreptitious or secret manner

huggermugger

secretly

behind closed doors

behind someone's back

without anyone knowing

with no one else present

on the q.t.

alone

without someone's knowledge

between you, me, and the bedpost

between you, me, and the gatepost

between you and me and the gatepost

between you and me and the bedpost

between you and me and the doorpost

between you and me and the wall

in on the ground floor

shiftily

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