Antonyms for soundlessness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : sound-lis |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaʊnd lɪs |
Definition of soundlessness
Origin :- c.1600 from sound (n.1) + -less. Related: Soundlessly; soundlessness.
- noun silence
- There followed a tug of war that was all the more ghastly for its soundlessness.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- The soundlessness enwrapped him and there was no world left.
- Extract from : « The Lost Prince » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- So the thing that wrenched and shook her now was all the more horrible because of its soundlessness.
- Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
- The soundlessness of ocean, miles below the surface, was about him.
- Extract from : « Four Weird Tales » by Algernon Blackwood
- The breath of the forests below was sweet about them, and soundlessness enclosed them which was of unearthly peace.
- Extract from : « The Lost Prince » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The soundlessness impressed her as a positive entity rather than as the mere negation of noise.
- Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy
- If they were absent, if it was the soundlessness and stillness of stone, the mind would crave for something.
- Extract from : « Nature Near London » by Richard Jefferies
- In that moment, out of the pitch-black well of soundlessness, a scream shrilled!
- Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
- They began a little low talk, but the soundlessness was stronger than themselves.
- Extract from : « The Lost Prince » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Synonyms for soundlessness
- blackout
- calm
- censorship
- dead air
- death
- dumbness
- hush
- hush-hush
- inarticulateness
- iron curtain
- laconism
- lull
- muteness
- noiselessness
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietness
- quietude
- quietus
- reserve
- reticence
- saturninity
- secrecy
- sleep
- speechlessness
- still
- stillness
- sulk
- sullenness
- taciturnity
- uncommunicativeness
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