- To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot.
- To pacify; quiet: finally quelled the children's fears.
[Middle English quellen, to kill, from Old English cwellan.]
Dictionary:
quell (kwĕl) ![]() |
[Middle English quellen, to kill, from Old English cwellan.]
| Thesaurus: quell |
verb
| Antonyms: quell |
Definition: alleviate, calm
Antonyms: aggravate, agitate, bring about, disturb, irritate, perturb, prompt
v
Definition: defeat, suppress
Antonyms: succeed, succumb to, win
| Word Tutor: quell |
They tried to quell the rumor before too many people heard it.
| Translations: Quell |
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - knuse, slå ned, undertrykke, dæmpe
Nederlands (Dutch)
de kop indrukken
Français (French)
v. tr. - étouffer, réprimer
Deutsch (German)
v. - niederschlagen, unterdrücken, beschwichtigen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταστέλλω, καταπνίγω
Português (Portuguese)
v. - dominar, reprimir
Русский (Russian)
подавить, раздавить, испепелить
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reprimir, sofocar, calmar, mitigar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kuva, kväva (poet.), dämpa, stilla (poet.)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
镇压, 压制, 平息, 消除
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 鎮壓, 壓制, 平息, 消除
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 억누르다, 진압하다, 가라앉히다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 鎮める, 鎮圧する, 和らげる
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يقمع, يهدئ عواطف
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - דיכא, הכניע, שיכך
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