WORDLESS


Meaning of WORDLESS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ wɜ:(r)dləs ]

1.

You say that someone is wordless when they do not say anything, especially at a time when they are expected to say something. ( LITERARY )

She stared back, now wordless...

Here and there, husbands sit in wordless despair.

= silent

ADJ

• word‧less‧ly

Gil downed his food wordlessly, his attention far away.

ADV : ADV with v

2.

If someone makes a wordless sound, they make a sound that does not seem to contain any words. ( LITERARY )

...a wordless chant...

He shrieked a long, wordless cry.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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