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wordless

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word·less  (wûrdls)
adj.
1. Not expressed in words; unspoken. wordless animosity; wordless joy.
2. Inarticulate; silent: wordless spectators.
wordless·ly adv.
wordless·ness n.
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Adj.1.wordlesswordless - 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, tongueless
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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