mute
20
4.1
- adjective
- /mjuːt/
:
mudo
- She listened in mute sympathy as her friend shared his problems.
- remain mute
- stand mute
So the land is mute, The land is just there.
- So the land is mute, The land is just there.
- Well, sometimes I go mute, and that's just who I am.
- So he turns mute and subconsciously retreats.
- Bryce shook her head in mute horror as the screams and pleading faded.
- The Beyoncé went on tour and did her viral mute challenge.
- Why are we like have this culture where it's like you guys are just mute all day?
- I'd go to dinner parties and I would just sit there and be mute.
- And I said, and you sell insurance, but so the insurance industry was largely mute.
- But sometimes you just stand mute in front of the mystery of your own life or those who you love.
- So you're just going to now she's muted.
- But here we have the opportunity to really hear the music that's latent in the periods, the commas, the mute line breaks.
- This is a, as Hegel pointed out earlier, this is kind of a mute or surd external particular, right?
Examples
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Julian and I stood, mute and miserable, our arms clasping our bodies against the deep cold.
Fiction book (1993) -
Yet serene, dignified, head erect, his eyes open, he waits in mute expectation.
Academic text (1995) -
- She is mute, my lord.
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But sometimes you just stand mute in front of the mystery of your own life or those who you love.
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And I will sit, just as I do now, a mute witness to her endless death.
Fiction book (1990) -
You become unresponsive and mute and then you die.
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Allegra turned back to her still mute audience of one, frowning.
Fiction book (1991) -
The recruits fell mute, awed by such hatred as she radiated now.
Fiction book (1990) -
Bryce shook her head in mute horror as the screams and pleading faded.
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The crowd remained mute as the shocking news was announced.
Synonyms
81
3.7
Understood without words
56
4.8
Not said aloud but people understand it
9
4.1
A look or action that shows feeling without words
4
4.0
Not making any sound
2
3.5
Not making any sound
1
9.9
Shown or felt without spoken words
1
6.0
Not using spoken words, for example a silent actor or someone using sign language
1
5.1
Not speaking, staying silent for any reason
1
5.7
Completely quiet with no sound at all
A way to send messages without using the voice, for example gestures
Unable to speak or make a sound and so cannot express feelings
Antonyms
Compounds
How Silent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mute comes from the Latin mutus 'silent', and as an adjective it means 'silent' or without speech, so a mute look or protest is a quiet way to show feeling.