muteness
noun
1 muteness
The condition of being unable or unwilling to speak:
— Her muteness was a consequence of her deafness.
synonym: mutism.
Dutch: stomheid
Polish: niemota
2 muteness
A refusal to speak when expected.
synonym: silence.
Roget 403: silence; stillness etc. (quiet) 265; peace, hush, lull; muteness etc. 581; solemn silence, awful silence, ... show more
Roget 585: silence, muteness, obmutescence†; taciturnity, pauciloquy†, costiveness†, curtness; reserve, reticence etc. (concealment) 528. man of few words.
Dutch: stomheid
Moby thesaurus: anaudia, aphasia, aphonia, aphrasia, brevity, briefness, brusqueness, conciseness, curtness, deaf-muteness, dumbness, economy of words, inarticulateness, jargon aphasia, laconicalness, laconism, loss of speech, motor aphasia, mutism, obmutescence ... show more.
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