Meaning of VOICELESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'voyslis
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- [adj] being voiceless through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
- [adj] uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers"
- [adj] not using the voice; "unvoiced thoughts"; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
- [adj] (linguistics) of speech sounds
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| | Synonyms: | | aphonic, breathed, inarticulate, inaudible, surd, unarticulate, unhearable, unsung, unvoiced, whispered |
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| | Antonyms: | | sonant, voiced | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Voice"less\, a.
1. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless
thought, sheathing it as a sword. --Byron.
2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant;
surd.
{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. -- {Voice"less*ly}, adv. --
{Voice"less*ness}, n.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are voiceless, represents a lost of identity and a lack of personal power. You are unable to speak up and stand up for yourself. |
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