EGAVE

mute

About 2.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Not having the power of speech; dumb. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. adjective Silent; not making a sound.
  3. adjective Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
  4. adjective Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
  5. noun A stopped consonant; a stop.
  6. noun An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
  7. noun A person who does not have the power of speech.
  8. noun A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.

Similar words

dumb silent inarticulate unarticulate wordless dull deaf-mute nonspeaking unspoken deaden

Often followed by

and as the in testimony with appeal or on

Word family

muted mutely muteness mutenesses muter mutes mutest muting

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