muteness
121silence — I. n. 1. Stillness, noiselessness, quiet, calm, peace. 2. Taciturnity, muteness, dumbness. 3. Oblivion, obscurity. 4. Secrecy. II. v. a. 1. Still, hush, put to silence. 2. Allay, quiet, calm, put to rest, put …
122mute — 1 adjective 1 not speaking or refusing to speak: Helena glared at me in mute anger. 2 old fashioned unable to speak; dumb 3 technical not pronounced: a mute e mutely adverb muteness noun (U) 2 verb (T) 1 to make a sound quieter: He placed a hand… …
123silence — 1. noun 1) the silence of the night Syn: quietness, quiet, quietude, still, stillness, hush, tranquility, noiselessness, soundlessness, peacefulness, peace (and quiet) Ant: sound 2) …
124reticence — n reserve, taciturnity, quietness, silence, muteness, speechlessness; self containedness, stand offishness, uncommunicativeness, unconversableness, unsociability, unsociableness; diffidence, shyness, bashfulness; restraint, unobtrusiveness,… …
125secrecy — n concealment, hiding, coverture, burial; privacy, retirement, seclusion, sequestration, solitude, isolation; confidentiality, secretness; stealthiness, stealth, furtiveness, surreptitiousness, clandestineness, covertness; slyness, sneakiness,… …
126silence — n 1. stillness, still, hush; noiselessness, soundlessness, quiet, quietness, quietude, Chiefly Irish. whist, Sl. q.t.; peace, peacefulness, peaceableness, calm, calmness, placidity, serenity, tranquility, rest, repose. 2. muteness, Psychiatry.… …
127taciturnity — n 1. reticence, uncommunicativeness, unconversableness, reserve, shyness; quietness, silence, silentness, tacitness, speechlessness, voicelessness, muteness; distantness, aloofness, stand offishness, unsociability, unsociableness. 2. dourness,… …
128mute — I UK [mjuːt] / US [mjut] adjective 1) a) not speaking, or not willing to speak She gazed at him in mute appeal. b) old fashioned not able to speak 2) linguistics a letter that is mute is not pronounced Derived words: mutely adverb muteness noun… …
