mum

adjsilent

Synonyms for mum

adj silent

Antonyms for mum

agitated

Word Origin & History

"be silent," 1560s, from Middle English mum, mom (late 14c.), inarticulate closed-mouth sound, indicative of unwillingness or inability to speak. As an adjective meaning "secret" from 1520s. Phrase mum's the word is first recorded 1704.

Example Sentences for mum

You were the little clerk who sat so mum in the corner, and then cried fy on the gleeman.

Ye haven't; then I very much doubt if ye'll see him this day, mum.

"I'm afraid as how the house was too quiet for Mr. Grierson, mum," she wound up.

If you please, Mum, it's below the waist; I think I can manage with the dummy.

And if you should chance to meet this party again, remember, mum's the word.'

They are mum as oysters; one can't get any information from them.

He was packing what things he had there, but when he saw you weren't on, he kept it mum.

At eighteen months the intelligence could walk, sit up, and say 'Mum.'

No, mum, but I have regular company for four nights o' the week.

Faith, Mum, the wather's all right; 'tis the bottle that's dirty.

mum

Synonyms for mum

Antonyms for mum

dumber

dumbest

hushed

inaudible

incommunicable

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Synonyms for mum

Antonyms for mum

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