| ADJECTIVE | all | voiceless, unvoiced, surd, hard | produced without vibration of the vocal cords |
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| all | voiceless, disenfranchised, disfranchised, voteless | deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | |
| all | voiceless, breathed | uttered without voice | |
| all | voiceless, aphonic | being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech |
| Sounds | voy'slahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | produced without vibration of the vocal cords. | |
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| Synonyms | unvoiced, surd, hard | |
| Narrower | whispered | spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords |
| Opposite | voiced, sonant, soft | produced with vibration of the vocal cords |
| Spanish | sordo | |
| Nouns | voicelessness | speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords |
| Meaning | deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote. | |
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| Example | "labor was voiceless" | |
| Synonyms | disenfranchised, disfranchised, voteless | |
| Opposite | enfranchised | endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote |
| Spanish | proscrito | |
| Nouns | voicelessness | having no voice in the management or control of affairs |
| Meaning | Uttered without voice. | |
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| Example | "voiceless whispers" | |
| Synonym | breathed | |
| Broader | inaudible, unhearable | impossible to hear |
| Spanish | afónico | |
| Catalan | afònic | |
| Meaning | Without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech. | |
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| Synonym | aphonic | |
| Broader | inarticulate, unarticulate | Without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
| Spanish | afónico | |
| Catalan | afònic | |
| Nouns | voicelessness | a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice |
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