| ADJECTIVE | all | mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless | expressed without speech |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | mute, dumb, silent | unable to speak because of hereditary deafness | |
| NOUN | person | mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person | a deaf person who is unable to speak |
| artifact | mute | a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument | |
| VERB | perception | mute, muffle, dull, damp, dampen, tone down | deaden (a sound or noise) , especially by wrapping |
| Sounds | myuw't | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt... | |
| Meaning | Expressed without speech. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a mute appeal" | |
| Synonyms | tongueless, unspoken, wordless | |
| Broader | inarticulate, unarticulate | Without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
| Spanish | mudo | |
| Catalan | mut | |
| Nouns | muteness | a refusal to speak when expected |
| muteness | the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak | |
| Adverbs | mutely | without speaking |
| Meaning | Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | dumb, silent | |
| Broader | inarticulate, unarticulate | Without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
| Spanish | mudo | |
| Catalan | mut | |
| Nouns | mute | a deaf person who is unable to speak |
| muteness | the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak | |
| Meaning | A deaf person who is unable to speak. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person | |
| Narrower | dummy, silent person | A person who does not talk |
| Broader | deaf person | A person with a severe auditory impairment |
| Spanish | mudo, sordomudo | |
| Catalan | muda, mut, sord-mut, sordmut | |
| Adjectives | mute | unable to speak because of hereditary deafness |
| Meaning | A device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | sourdine, sordino | A mute for a violin |
| Broader | acoustic device | A device for amplifying or transmitting sound |
| Verbs | mute | deaden (a sound or noise) , especially by wrapping |
| Meaning | deaden (a sound or noise) , especially by wrapping. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | muffle, dull, damp, dampen, tone down | |
| Broader | soften | make (images or sounds) soft or softer |
| Spanish | amortiguar, arromar, despuntar | |
| Catalan | deslluir-se, deslluir, despuntar, esmussar, espuntar, romejar, trencar-se | |
| Nouns | mute | a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument |
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