hush-hush

adjective
UK: /ˌhʌʃ ˈhʌʃ/
US: /ˌhʌʃ ˈhʌʃ/

  1. Highly secret or confidential; intended to be kept private.

    1. This is a hush-hush project, so don't tell anyone about it.
    2. The details of the hush-hush meeting were never revealed to the public.

Synonyms

secret confidential private classified
hush-hush noun

  1. Secrecy or an atmosphere of secrecy.

    1. There's a lot of hush-hush about their plans.
    2. The entire operation was conducted under a cloak of hush-hush.

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The phonetic transcription of "hush-hush" is /ˌhʌʃ ˈhʌʃ/ in British English and /ˌhʌʃ ˈhʌʃ/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "hush-hush": secret, confidential, private, classified.

Example usage of "hush-hush": "This is a hush-hush project, so don't tell anyone about it.". More examples on the page.