wordless
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Definition of wordless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for wordless
Synonyms
dumb, mum, mute, muted, silent, speechless, uncommunicative
Antonyms
communicative, speaking, talking
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Examples of wordless in a Sentence
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My own feelings about the surgery were too convoluted—a lust for something wordless and new. — Cyrus Grace Dunham, The New Yorker, "A Year Without a Name," 12 Aug. 2019 Lee is so prominently featured in Sony's marketing campaign that audiences might be shocked to learn his screen time in the two-hour-and-45-minute film amounts to a single scene and two quick and wordless flashbacks. — chicagotribune.com, "Bruce Lee’s family calls ‘Once Upon a Time’ ‘a mockery.’ Is it insult or homage?," 1 Aug. 2019 Lee is so prominently featured in Sony’s marketing campaign that audiences might be shocked to learn his screen time in the two-hour-and-45-minute film amounts to a single scene and two quick and wordless flashbacks. — Jen Yamatostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Bruce Lee’s family calls ‘Once Upon a Time’ ‘a mockery.’ Is it insult or homage?," 31 July 2019 That wordless distress echoes through the galleries and hallways. — oregonlive.com, "Wordless terror and the world’s refugees: Steve Duin," 2 Aug. 2019 Sounds go through the muscles, these abstract wordless movements. — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, "The best music to help you fall asleep," 26 July 2019 The wordless action is an exercise in hyperrealism, drawing attention to the slow passing of time and to the banal ways that mental illness manifests itself. — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, "Dallas theater festival deals with mental illness and other issues facing us in these anxious times," 18 July 2019 The wordless look of anguish that passes between Joyce and Eleven when the latter realizes she's lost her father is far more devastating than any dialogue could have conveyed. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Flay your mind: Stranger Things S3 just might be the show’s best season yet," 15 July 2019 The wordless doodles by Sergio Aragones, Al Jaffee's foldable back cover. — Peter Rubin, WIRED, "By Dying, MAD Gets Its Best Shot at a Second Life," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wordless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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