| Concept: | Silence. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
silence; stillness (quiet); peace, hush, lull; muteness; solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence.
-verbs
-adjectives
silent; still, stilly; noiseless, soundless; hushed; mute., soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible (faint).
-adverbs
silently; sub silentio.
-phrases
one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop; grosse Seelen dulden still [German]; le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages [French]; le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se défie de soi-meme [French]; "silence more
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| Antonyms: | sound |
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