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hush-hush

 
Dictionary: hush-hush   (hŭsh'hŭsh') pronunciation
 
adj. Informal.

Secret; confidential.


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adjective

  1. Known about by very few: auricular, confidential, inside, private, secret. See show/hide.
  2. Existing or operating in a way so as to ensure complete concealment and confidentiality: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, covert, huggermugger, secret, sub rosa, undercover. Idioms: under wraps. See show/hide.

 
Antonyms: hush-hush
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adj

Definition: secret
Antonyms: known, on the record, public, revealed, told


 
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  Synonyms: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, on the quiet, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground


 
Translations: Hush-hush
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hemmelig, som man ikke må tale om, tys-tys

Nederlands (Dutch)
geheimgehouden

Français (French)
adj. - très confidentiel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geheim

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άκρως απόρρητος, μυστικός

Italiano (Italian)
segretissimo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - estritamente confidencial

Русский (Russian)
тайная политика, тайный, секретный, успокаивать

Español (Spanish)
adj. - muy secreto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - (topp)hemlig, konfidentiell

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
极秘密的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 極秘密的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 극비의, 은밀한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 極秘の, 内密の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سري جدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סודי, חשאי‬


 
 
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