quell

Plural: quells

Verb

Verb Forms: quelled, quelling, quells

To suppress, put an end to, or subdue forcefully.
suppress or crush completely
overcome or allay
- "quell my hunger"
To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
To kill.
To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
To die.

Noun

A subduing.
A source, especially a spring.
An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.

Examples

He managed to QUELL his frustration after misspelling a crucial high-scoring word.
to quell grief
to quell the tumult of the soul

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English quellen, from Old English cwellan (“to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to make die; kill”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-. Cognate with German quälen (“to torment; agonise; smite”), Swedish kvälja (“to torment”), Icelandic kvelja (“to torture; torment”). Compare also Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”), Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ, “pain”). See also kill, which may be its doublet.

Synonyms

appease, quench, squelch, stay, crush

Scrabble Score: 14

quell: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
quell: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
quell: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

quell: valid Words With Friends Word