wordless
word|less /w'ɜːrdləs/
1 [ADJ]
You say that someone is wordless when they do not say anything, especially at a time when they are expected to say something. (LITERARY)
She stared back, now wordless...
Here and there, husbands sit in wordless despair.
= silent
● wordlessly [ADV] ADV with v
Gil downed his food wordlessly, his attention far away.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If someone makes a wordless sound, they make a sound that does not seem to contain any words. (LITERARY)
...a wordless chant...
He shrieked a long, wordless cry.
1 [ADJ]
You say that someone is wordless when they do not say anything, especially at a time when they are expected to say something. (LITERARY)
She stared back, now wordless...
Here and there, husbands sit in wordless despair.
= silent
● wordlessly [ADV] ADV with v
Gil downed his food wordlessly, his attention far away.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If someone makes a wordless sound, they make a sound that does not seem to contain any words. (LITERARY)
...a wordless chant...
He shrieked a long, wordless cry.