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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