silent | without noise or not talking | |
quiet | without much noise or activity | |
noiseless | without noise; formal and literary style | |
soundless | without sound; formal and literary style | |
silent movies/films | film niemy | |
slam | closed with a loud bang (zatrzaskiwać się) | |
squeak | high and irritating noise (zapiszczeć) | |
pounding | dull, beating sound | |
creak | noise of friction of wood (skrzpieć) | |
sizzle | sound made by frying (skwierczeć) | |
ring out | used for the sound of a gunshot (rozlegać się) | |
crashing | loud heavy noise, typically used for waves | |
hoot/toot | sound made by a car horn (klakson) | |
wail | make a rising and falling sound (zawyć) | |
hammer | knock very loudly and repeatedly (walić) | |
eerie | rather scary (eerie silence- grobowa cisza) | |
deafening | extremely and painfully loud (ogłuszający) | |
grating | unpleasant, irritating (zgrzytliwy) | |
piercing | high noise that hurts the ears (przeszywający) | |
high-pitched | at constantly high level (wysoki) | |
you can hear a pin drop | there is total silence | |
I can't hear mysel think | said when people are making too much noise | |
peace and quiet | calm period after a noisy time | |
as quiet as a mouse | very quiet indeed | |