| 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 |
