silent

Definition for silent

adjective as in quiet; speechless

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bashful, buttoned-up, checked, clammed up, close, closed-up, closemouthed, curbed, dumb, dummied up, faint, hush, iced, inarticulate, incoherent, inconversable, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, muted, noiseless, nonvocal, not talkative, reserved, shy, silentious, soundless, still, struck dumb, taciturn, tongue-tied, unclear, uncommunicative, unheard, unsociable, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless, zipped

adjective as in understood, implied

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aphonic, implicit, indescribable, inexpressible, nameless, tacit, unexpressed, unpronounced, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless

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"Maybe that's why the police were arresting people, and why the government kept silent – because, in their eyes, we didn't follow the traditional path of organisations and political parties."

From BBC

While Burke amassed a following on social media over the last several years with his music, he has remained silent about Celeste’s death.

From Los Angeles Times

More than 150 universities can now hide behind their newfound commitments to “institutional neutrality,” having pledged — or been forced by new state laws — to stay silent on political controversies.

From Salon

I’m often awake at the witching hours, going on late-night death calls, strolling through the silent corridors of nursing homes.

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Mainstream pundits were tactfully silent in their appraisals of this event, no doubt wanting to avoid the appearance of mocking anyone’s grief.

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