WORDLESS

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

wordless (comparative more wordless, superlative most wordless)

Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.

Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate.

Synonym: speechless

Antonyms

• wordful

Source: Wiktionary


Word"less, a.

Definition: Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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