Past tense of hush
regular verb
The past tense of hush is hushed. The past participle is also hushed.
Forms of hush
| Base form (V1) | hush /hʌʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hushed /hʌʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | hushed /hʌʃt/ |
| Present participle | hushing |
| Third person singular | hushes |
Hushed in a sentence
- The cove has hushed the battner; i.e. has killed the ox.From the entry battner
- So awe-inspiring was the sight that we spoke only in hushed whispers.From the entry hushed
- They hushed up the suicide to prevent bad publicity.From the entry hush up
- From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation.From the entry sibilation
- "Oh, great holy goose grease!" the reported gasped in a hushed whisper.2010, Joel Townsley Rogers, Killing Time and Other Stories, page 256. From the entry horsefeather
Meaning of hush
- verb To become quiet.
- verb To make quiet.
- verb To appease; to allay; to soothe.
Questions about the past tense of hush
- What is the past tense of hush?
- The past tense of hush is hushed.
- What is the past participle of hush?
- The past participle of hush is hushed.
- Is hush a regular or irregular verb?
- Hush is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hush (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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