UNSPOKEN

mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless

(adjective) expressed without speech; “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

unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken

(adjective) not made explicit; “the unexpressed terms of the agreement”; “things left unsaid”; “some kind of unspoken agreement”; “his action is clear but his reason remains unstated”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unspoken (not comparable)

(sometimes postpositive) Not spoken; not said.

(sometimes postpositive) Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood.

Synonyms

• (not spoken): unsaid

• (not formally stated): unacknowledged

Verb

unspoken

past participle of unspeak

Anagrams

• neopunks

Source: Wiktionary


UNSPEAK

Un*speak", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + speak.]

Definition: To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay. [R.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

5 November 2024

TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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