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(satellite adjective) expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe |
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Synonyms: tongueless, unspoken, wordless |
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(satellite adjective) lacking power of speech |
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Synonyms: tongueless |
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(noun) a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument |
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Related Words: acoustic device, sordino, sourdine |
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(noun) a deaf person who is unable to speak |
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Synonyms: deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute |
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Related Words: deaf person, dummy, silent person |
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(satellite adjective) unable to speak because of hereditary deafness |
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Synonyms: dumb, silent |
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(verb) deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping |
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Synonyms: damp, dampen, dull, muffle, tone down |
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Related Words: soften |
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(verb) quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible |
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Synonyms: damp, dampen, deaden, muffle, tone down |
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Related Words: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still |
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