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Defenition of the word mute

    • Defenition of the word mute

      • Not making a sound.
      • quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible
      • unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
      • deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping
      • a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
      • a deaf person who is unable to speak
      • lacking power of speech
      • 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
      • deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
      • 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
      • expressed without speech

    Synonyms for the word mute

      • damp
      • dampen
      • deaden
      • deaf-and-dumb person
      • deaf-mute
      • dull
      • dumb
      • muffle
      • quiet
      • silent
      • speechless
      • taciturn
      • tone down
      • tongueless
      • unspeaking
      • unspoken
      • voiceless
      • wordless

    Similar words in the mute

      • inarticulate
      • mute
      • muted
      • mutely
      • muteness
      • muter
      • mutes
      • mutest
      • nonspeaking
      • unarticulate
      • walk-on

    Hyponyms for the word mute

      • dummy
      • silent person
      • sordino
      • sourdine

    Hypernyms for the word mute

      • acoustic device
      • deaf person
      • hush
      • hush up
      • quieten
      • shut up
      • silence
      • soften
      • still

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