un·spo·ken ( n-sp  k n)v. Past participle of unspeak. adj. 1. Not uttered or expressed: bristling with unspoken resentment. 2. Understood without the need for words: an unspoken pact. |
unspoken [ʌnˈspəʊkən]
adj
1. understood without needing to be spoken; tacit
2. not uttered aloud
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| Adj. | 1. |  unspoken - 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 Wolfeinarticulate, 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" |
| 2. |  unspoken - not made explicit; "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"implicit, inexplicit - implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn" |
unspoken
adjective
1. unsaid, silent, mute, wordless, voiceless, unuttered His face was expressionless, but Alex felt the unspoken criticism.
2. tacit, understood, assumed, implied, implicit, taken for granted, inferred, undeclared, unstated, unexpressed, not spelt out, left to the imagination, not put into words There had been an unspoken agreement between them.
tacit spoken, declared, explicit, stated, clear, expressed
tacit spoken, declared, explicit, stated, clear, expressed
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