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| 1. | [ adjective ] expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate | |
| Synonyms: | unspoken wordless tongueless | |
| Examples: | "a mute appeal" "a silent curse" "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson "the words stopped at her lips unsounded" "unspoken grief" |
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| Related terms: | inarticulate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a deaf person who is unable to speak | |
| Synonyms: | deaf-and-dumb_person deaf-mute | |
| Related terms: | deaf_person dummy | |
| 3. | [ verb ] deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping | |
| Synonyms: | dull damp dampen tone_down muffle | |
| Related terms: | soften silencer damper | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] unable to speak because of hereditary deafness | |
| Synonyms: | silent dumb | |
| Related terms: | inarticulate | |
| 5. | [ verb ] quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible | |
| Synonyms: | stifle deaden smother damp tone_down muffle repress strangle dampen | |
| Related terms: | suppress hush smotherer | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] lacking power of speech | |
| Synonyms: | tongueless | |
| Related terms: | nonspeaking | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (music) a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument | |
| Related terms: | acoustic_device sourdine muffle | |
| Similar spelling: |
mut mutt mud Muto Muth Mudd |
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