muteness (n)
silence#1 (n)

n04651974

type n
lex_filenum 07
def a refusal to speak when expected
examples his silence about my contribution was surprising
Outgoing links
Hypernym uncommunicativeness
Derivationally related form silence → silent
Derivationally related form silence → silence
Derivationally related form muteness → mute
Incoming links
Derivationally related form mute → muteness
Derivationally related form silent → silence
Hyponym uncommunicativeness
Derivationally related form silence → silence

Back to the index

Click for the XML entry