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unverbalized

unverbalized

9.9
Not said in words but shown by actions or looks
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈvɜːrbəlaɪzd/
translation icon : no verbalizado
  • Her feelings of sadness remained unverbalized, even though her friends could sense her distress.

Examples

  • Although remaining unverbalized and unspecified, this thought was associated during the meal with a woman's name, "Rosaria" (20, 27), and with a past no one dared to name.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Everyone tacitly acknowledges that the ring represents a stand-in for Edmundo's personal, unverbalized loss (125).

    Academic text (1992)

  • They extract metaphors from landscape, which they see as a text whose form expresses unverbalized intention derived from prior contests (Demeritt 1994).

    Academic text (1999)

  • He experienced an unverbalized agreement among his colleagues as they silently nodded in support.

  • Despite the atmosphere being tense, much remained unverbalized in their discussion about the project.

Synonyms

unspoken
vsunverbalized
56 4.8

Not said aloud but people understand it

is the absence of explicit wording rather than clear verbal statement
unsaid
vsunverbalized
20 5.8

Not spoken out loud

is lack of explicit verbal statement rather than a shared implication
unstated
vsunverbalized
6 5.6

Not said or written openly

is the idea left unsaid rather than openly declared
unexpressed
vsunverbalized
3 6.0

Not said or shown but clearly felt

is the general absence of explicit wording rather than direct statement
unvoiced
vsunverbalized
1 6.7

Not said out loud but understood by people

is the lack of explicit wording rather than a spoken or written message
unuttered
vsunverbalized
1 7.9

Not said aloud or expressed in words

is about absence of explicit words rather than saying it aloud
nonverbalized
vsunverbalized
7.7

Not expressed in words but shown by actions or silence

is focused only on missing explicit wording, not on communication method
unbreathed
vsunverbalized
9.6

Thought but not spoken aloud

is the absence of explicit words rather than an audible expression

Antonyms

verbalized
  • US
4.5

Put into words rather than shown by actions

How Expressed

stated
2.7
verbalized
  • US
4.5
unverbalized
9.9

Surface Forms

unverbalized positive

Morphology

unverbalized = verbalized (transparent) = un + verbal + ize + ed

The productive negative prefix 'un-' attaches to the participial adjective 'verbalized' to yield 'not expressed in words', a directly derived meaning.

Etymology

The word unverbalized starts with un- ('not') and contains verbalize ('put into words'), since verbal means 'words'. So unverbalized means 'not put into words', like a feeling left unsaid.