aphony

Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Aphony.
Category: 2. Conventional means; spoken language
Synonyms:
-nouns
aphony, aphonia; dumbness; obmutescence; absence of voice, want of voice; dysphony; cacoopy; silence (taciturnity); raucity; harsh voice , unmusical voice [more] ; falsetto, "childish treble mute"; dummy.
-verbs
keep silence; speak low, speak softly; whisper (faintness)., silence; render mute, render silent; muzzle, muffle, suppress, smother, gag, strike dumb, dumfounder; drown the voice, put to silence, stop one's mouth, cut one short., stick in the throat.
-adjectives
aphonous, dumb, mute; deaf-mute, deaf and dumb; mum; tongue-tied; breatless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless; mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish, mute as a mackerel; silent (taciturn); muzzled; inarticulate, inaudible., croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse as a raven; rough.
-adverbs
with bated breath, with the finger on the lips; sotto voce; in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice.
-phrases
vox faucibus haesit [Vergil].
Antonyms: voice
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