Silent
['saɪlənt]
Definition
(adj.) having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; 'a silent dog whistle' .
(adj.) not made to sound; 'the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor''; 'in French certain letters are often unsounded' .
(adj.) implied by or inferred from actions or statements; 'gave silent consent'; 'a tacit agreement'; 'the understood provisos of a custody agreement' .
(adj.) marked by absence of sound; 'a silent house'; 'soundless footsteps on the grass'; 'the night was still' .
Checker: Paulette--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
(a.) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
(a.) Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
(a.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
(a.) Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
(n.) That which is silent; a time of silence.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Still, noiseless, quiet, calm.[2]. Mute, dumb, TACITURN, speechless, mum, without a word to say.[3]. Quiescent, not pronounced, not sounded.[4]. Dormant, not active.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Still, taciturn, speechless, dormant, quiet, noiseless
ANT:Noisy, loquacious, garrulous
Editor: Winthrop
Examples
- It was not good for him to talk too much, and when he was silent, we were silent too. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In a moment, laying his finger on his lips, he made a silent gesture to Miss Ophelia to come and look. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- When I spoke again I was composed enough to treat his impertinence with the silent contempt that it deserved. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You are silent, he pursued. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- How silent, how lifeless! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- After this strange speech, she lay silent for some time. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Holmes had listened to his story with the utmost attention, and now he sat for some time in silent thought. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He became very confused and silent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His confession was silent, and her promise of faithfulness was silent. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She sat silent, without a movement or a tremor of her lashes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The journey was likely to be a silent one. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He still sat silent, when Louisa mildly said: 'Rachael, you will not distrust me one day, when you know me better. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She spoke so modestly and softly and her trembling hand expressed such agitation as it moved to and fro upon the silent notes! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Fanny was silent; but not from being convinced that there might not be a remedy found for some of these evils. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Again he was silent, and after a pause turned to me laughingly. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She stood silent, resting her thin elbows on the mantelpiece, her profile reflected in the glass behind her. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And when it tore him he crouched in silent subjection under it, and when it left him alone again, he refused to know of it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was silent awhile. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He replied, and was again silent. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He was silent with cold passion of anger. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But on the subject of Count Fosco (who interests me infinitely more than his wife), Laura is provokingly circumspect and silent. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Silent, only for a moment. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Bradley looked at the fire, with a working face, and was silent for a while. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What the servants chiefly resented, I think, was her silent tongue and her solitary ways. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We were silent again, and remained so, until the Doctor rose and walked twice or thrice across the room. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The tutor and pupil were silent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Why are you silent, Jane? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The Count, who had watched Laura and me with a close and silent attention, interposed for the second time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The gloomiest problem of this mysterious life was constantly before his eyes,--souls crushed and ruined, evil triumphant, and God silent. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We beg them to drop a silent tear, and pass on. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Editor: Winthrop