mortal sin deadly sin | an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace, theologians list seven mortal sins |
blue wall of silence blue wall wall of silence | the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers, the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up |
muteness silence | a refusal to speak when expected, his silence about my contribution was surprising |
secrecy secretiveness silence | the trait of keeping things secret |
silence quiet | the absence of sound, he needed silence in order to sleep, the street was quiet |
hush stillness still | (poetic) tranquil silence, the still of the night |
conspiracy of silence | a conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event, there was a conspiracy of silence about police brutality |
hush puppy hushpuppy | deep-fried cornbread ball (southern) |
bittersweet bittersweet nightshade climbing nightshade deadly nightshade poisonous nightshade woody nightshade Solanum dulcamara | poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coraled berries, widespread weed in North America |
belladonna belladonna plant deadly nightshade Atropa belladonna | perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries, extensively grown in United States, roots and leaves yield atropine |
hush money | a bribe paid to someone to insure that something is kept secret |
silence | the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking), there was a shocked silence, he gestured for silence |
hush | run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals |
hush | wash by removing particles, Wash ores |
hush | become quiet or still, fall silent, hush my baby! |
hush quieten silence still shut up hush up | cause to be quiet or not talk, Please silence the children in the church! |
silence | keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure, All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power |
whitewash gloss over sleek over hush up | cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error, Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin, She tried to gloss over her mistakes |
quieten hush quiet quiesce quiet down pipe down | become quiet or quieter, The audience fell silent when the speaker entered |
deadly | (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect |
deathlike deathly | having the physical appearance of death, a deathly pallor |
deadly deathly mortal | causing or capable of causing death, a fatal accident, a deadly enemy, mortal combat, a mortal illness |
deadly lethal | of an instrument of certain death, deadly poisons, lethal weapon, a lethal injection |
baneful deadly pernicious pestilent | exceedingly harmful |
clandestine cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner(a) hugger-mugger hush-hush secret surreptitious undercover underground | conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods, clandestine intelligence operations, cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines, hole-and-corner intrigue, secret missions, a secret agent, secret sales of arms, surreptitious mobilization of troops, an undercover investigation, underground resistance |
deadly mortal(a) | involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death, the seven deadly sins |
deadly venomous virulent | extremely poisonous or injurious, producing venom, venomous snakes, a virulent insect bite |
madly insanely deadly deucedly devilishly ,un | (used as intensives) extremely, she was madly in love, deadly dull, deadly earnest, deucedly clever, insanely jealous |
deathly | to a degree resembling death, he was deathly pale |
deadly lifelessly | as if dead |