Silence; forbearance of speaking.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
The quality or state of being mute; speechlessness.
Silence Roget’s Thesaurus §403
N. silence, stillness, peace, hush, lull, muteness, solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence
V. be silent, hold one's tongue, render silent, silence, still, hush, stifle, muffle, stop, muzzle, put to silence
Adj. silent, still, stilly, noiseless, soundless, hushed, mute, soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave, inaudible
Adv. silently, sub silentio
Phr. one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop, so quiet you could hear a pin drop, grosse seelen dulden still, le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages, le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se dfie de soi-meme, "silence more musical than any song", tacent satis laudant, better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt
Taciturnity Roget’s Thesaurus §585
N. silence, muteness, obmutescence, taciturnity, pauciloquy, costiveness|, curtness, reserve, reticence, man of few words
V. be silent, keep silence, keep mum, hold one's tongue, hold one's peace, hold one's jaw, not speak, &c. 582, say nothing, keep one's counsel, seal the lips, close the lips, button the lips, zipper the lips, put a padlock on the lips, put a padlock on the mouth, put a bridle on one's tongue, bite one's tongue, keep one's tongue between one's teeth, make no sign, not let a word escape one, keep a secret, not have a word to say, hush up, hush, lay the finger on the lips, place the finger on the lips, render mute, stick in one's throat
Adj. silent, mute, mum, silent as a post, silent as a stone, silent as the grave, dumb, unconversable, taciturn, sparing of words, closetongued, costive|, inconversable|, curt, reserved, reticent
Phr. cave quid dicis quando et cui, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti
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