All clam up synonyms

verb clam up

• silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
• satisfy — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
• hush — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
• appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
• muzzle — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• relax — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
• muffle — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
• assuage — If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
• please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
• soften — to make soft or softer.
• soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
• pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
• squelch — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
• mollify — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
• allay — If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.
• cut off — If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
• mute — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
• quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
• quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
• smother — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• deduct — When you deduct an amount from a total, you subtract it from the total.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• retain — to keep possession of.
• detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• bridle — A bridle is a set of straps that is put around a horse's head and mouth so that the person riding or driving the horse can control it.
• reserve — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
• square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
• reconcile — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
• palliate — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
• stroke — a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
• lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
• ameliorate — If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easier in some way.
• still — remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.