voiceless

Adjective
Synonyms: unvoicedsurdharddisenfranchiseddisfranchisedvotelessbreathedaphonic

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

  1. produced without vibration of the vocal cords“unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'”Synonyms: unvoicedsurdhard
  2. deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote“labor was voiceless”“disenfrenchised masses took to the streets”Synonyms: disenfranchiseddisfranchisedvoteless
  3. uttered without voice“could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'”“voiceless whispers”Synonyms: breathed
  4. being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speechSynonyms: aphonic
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Voiceless \Voice"less\, a.

1.Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb. [1913 Webster]

I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.— Byron.[1913 Webster]

2.(Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd. [1913 Webster]

Voiceless stop (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a surd mute, as p, t, k. [1913 Webster] -- Voice"less*ly, adv. -- Voice"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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