wordlessness
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7.6
- noun
- /ˈwɜrdləsnəs/
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silencio
- Yeah, it it the wordlessness of it, the way it puts you in, in a the way it seems to clean out the clutter.
And sleep is one such wordlessness.
- And sleep is one such wordlessness.
- I think one thing is this what you call wordlessness.
Examples
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She had time for a prayer, but her brain was flung into wordlessness; she felt upside down, and the tortured engine.
Fiction book (2002) -
This wordlessness would still be with me twenty years later, when Barrie and I went as chaperones to our daughters on the band trip Kath organized to march in the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.
Fiction book (1991) -
Music, with its characteristic wordlessness, is perhaps a particularly good medium to hint at the ineffable.
Academic text (2003) -
And the Deity of Magic—Chant, by his silence, Ylf by her wordlessness—approved of the judgment.
Fiction book (1992) -
During moments of deep meditation, I often experience a profound wordlessness that transcends verbal expression.
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The beauty of the sunset left us in a state of wordlessness, as we struggled to find the right words to describe it.
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In the midst of the intense discussion, there was an unsettling wordlessness that signaled our collective inability to articulate our feelings.
Synonyms
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A period with no sound or speech
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6.8
Not speaking because someone cannot or chooses not to speak
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5.5
Not able to speak because you feel very shocked or upset
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5.3
Being unable to speak because of a physical problem or by choice
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How Wordless
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Etymology
Wordlessness comes from the simple parts word, -less, and -ness, where -less means 'without' and -ness makes a noun that shows a 'state'. So, wordlessness is the 'state of being without words', like being speechless, and that is why it means silence or a lack of words.