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(adj)
With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
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Not moving; calm.
Not having the power of speech; dumb.
Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard.
Tending not to communicate; not communicating.
(informal, derogatory, especially of a person) Stupid.
(of speech) Not articulated in normal words.
Synonym of inarticulate.
Uncommunicative.
That cannot be heard.
unfathomed
Without sound.
Not explicit.
Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.
Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.
Having been comprehended.
(colloquial) Secret.
(n)
The absence of any sound.
(archaic, rare) silent
Producing no noise; without noise.
(of a sound) Quiet or soft.
Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
A stupid person.
(v)
(intransitive) To become quiet.
Not active, temporarily or permanently.
Very quiet; expressed using soft tones.
Not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.; wordless.
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
Calm, peaceful.
Completely unimportant.
Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic.
Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic.
(sometimes postpositive) Not spoken; not said.
A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
Not written.
Easily giving way under pressure.
(figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.
Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
(uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
Newly produced or obtained; recent.
To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
(countable) A command.
(countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
(computing) To completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.
(figuratively) Prevented from or unable to express oneself clearly or fluently, or freely; at a loss for words, speechless.
Very small.
(relational) Of or concerning the teeth.
Tasting of sugars.
Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
The process by which something is muted or silenced.
(US, automotive) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
An attachment to a gun that reduces the sound it emits.
Not spoken or expressed.
Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.
Unwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
Calm; without motion or sound.
Not at war; not disturbed by strife or turmoil.
(not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose; spoken for.
Inactive, quiet, at rest.
At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.
made silent
(hyperbolic) Very loud.
Lacking vibration
(adv)
In a quiet manner.
Silent, not talking.
Having, or revealing, no emotion.
A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
In a deafening manner.
without expression
Not moving; still; static.
Not uttered; unspoken.
(of a sound) Of great intensity.
(by extension) Deeply serious and sombre; grave.
The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.
Not alarmed; unafraid.
Lacking passion; dispassionate
(of a sound) Stifled or covered up; diminished by interference.
Trembling, quivering, or shaking.
The act of one who hushes, or calls for silence.
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
Not disturbed or agitated.
Not protesting; compliant, docile.
Low, indistinct (of a sound); reminiscent of a murmur.
Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound
Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
The act by which something is silenced.
Not obtrusive; not blatant or noticeable; discreet, inconspicuous.