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tongueless

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tongue·less  (tngls)
adj.
1. Having no tongue.
2. Lacking the faculty of speech; mute.
3. Speechless; silent.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tonguelesstongueless - lacking a tongue; "tongueless moccasins"
tongued - provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination; "tongued shoes"; "tongued boards"; "toungued lightning"; "long-tongued"
2.tonguelesstongueless - expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
mute, unspoken, wordless
inarticulate, unarticulate - without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"


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