Antonyms for muteness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : myoot

Phonetic Transcription : myut

Definition of muteness

Origin : 1580s, from mute (adj.) + -ness.

As in silence : noun absence of sound, speech
As in dumbness : noun silence
As in noiselessness : noun silence
As in quietness : noun silence
As in soundlessness : noun silence
As in speechlessness : noun silence

Example sentences :

Rhoda, with a sign, tempered him to muteness, and the three eyed one another.
Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith

So, in her muteness, Esther accepts the Brandon God and people as hers.
Extract from : « Red as a Rose is She » by Rhoda Broughton

Fleda paid this statement the homage of a minute's muteness.
Extract from : « The Spoils of Poynton » by Henry James

Plunged in their discussions, the others were a long while in remarking his muteness.
Extract from : « Pierre and Luce » by Romain Rolland

By these last words Edward Henry was confounded, even to muteness.
Extract from : « The Regent » by E. Arnold Bennett

One felt her, was repulsed or possessed by her, even in her muteness.
Extract from : « The Wheel of Life » by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

For a day or two he persevered in his muteness, uttering a word only when it could not be avoided.
Extract from : « New Grub Street » by George Gissing

After a long while I turned around in the muteness of my despair.
Extract from : « Police!!! » by Robert W. Chambers

The silence became stricken with awe, with the interminable and unanswering awe—the muteness of death.
Extract from : « Shapes that Haunt the Dusk » by Various

He was silent; and his muteness spoke the foreboding and dread with which he faced another bitter night in the pines.
Extract from : « Wild Life Near Home » by Dallas Lore Sharp

Synonyms for muteness

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