silent

Definition for silent

adjective as in quiet; speechless

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bashful, buttoned-up, checked, clammed up, close, closed-up, closemouthed, curbed, dumb, dummied up, faint, hush, iced, inarticulate, incoherent, inconversable, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, muted, noiseless, nonvocal, not talkative, reserved, shy, silentious, soundless, still, struck dumb, taciturn, tongue-tied, unclear, uncommunicative, unheard, unsociable, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless, zipped

adjective as in understood, implied

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aphonic, implicit, indescribable, inexpressible, nameless, tacit, unexpressed, unpronounced, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless

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This land was very silent when I got it, now it's full of butterflies and bees.

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She told the fringe that in power, the Tories had got into the habit of "taking policies" from green energy lobby groups, without considering whether the "silent majority" out in the country would agree.

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Known as the "silent killer", hep C may cause few symptoms initially, with early signs including night sweats, brain fog, itchy skin and fatigue.

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"We will take this fight to court, but the public cannot stay silent in the face of such reckless and authoritarian conduct by the President of the United States."

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"Maybe that's why the police were arresting people, and why the government kept silent – because, in their eyes, we didn't follow the traditional path of organisations and political parties."

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