Meaning

1 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)The characteristic of being mute.

    Stummheit

    немота́nemotá

    німота́nimotá

More definitions
  • a refusal to speak when expected
  • the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
characteristic of being mute:
Русский
By meaning 1
characteristic of being mute:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
characteristic of being mute:

Forms

plural: mutenesses
Singularmuteness

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
dumbness
Close in meaning
  • a refusal to speak when expected:silence
  • the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak:mutism

Word family

2 related words
Relateddeaf-mutenessmute

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mutationmutemutilatemutineer
muteness — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto