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English adjective: voiceless | |||
| 1. | voiceless produced without vibration of the vocal cords | ||
| Samples | Unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'. | ||
| Synonyms | hard, surd, unvoiced | ||
| Similar | whispered | ||
| Antonyms | sonant, voiced, soft | ||
| 2. | voiceless deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | ||
| Samples | Labor was voiceless. Disenfrenchised masses took to the streets. | ||
| Synonyms | disenfranchised, disfranchised, voteless | ||
| Antonyms | enfranchised | ||
| 3. | voiceless uttered without voice | ||
| Samples | Could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'. Voiceless whispers. | ||
| Synonyms | breathed | ||
| Similar | inaudible, unhearable | ||
| Antonyms | audible, hearable | ||
| 4. | voiceless being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech | ||
| Synonyms | aphonic | ||
| Similar | inarticulate, unarticulate | ||
| Antonyms | articulate | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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