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Pronunciation varies by accent · interjection
(Ireland; British, especially Scotland, Northumbria) Shush, silence, be quiet!.
“You must have loved him very much,” she said. “Whisht,” said the old woman, “there’s a word that you must never use until there's marrying between you […]”
Use whisht when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whisht means (Ireland; British, especially Scotland, Northumbria) Shush, silence, be quiet!.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“You must have loved him very much,” she said. “Whisht,” said the old woman, “there’s a word that you must never use until there's marrying between you […]”
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