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Definitions for: Voiceless [adj] being voiceless through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
[adj] uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers"
[adj] not using the voice; "unvoiced thoughts"; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
[adj] (linguistics) of speech sounds
Webster (1913) Definition: Voice"less, a.
1. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless
thought, sheathing it as a sword. --Byron.
2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant;
surd.
Voiceless stop (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible
sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a
surd mute, as p, t, k. -- Voice"less*ly, adv. --
Voice"less*ness, n.
Synonyms: aphonic, breathed, inarticulate, inaudible, surd, unarticulate, unhearable, unsung, unvoiced, whispered
Antonyms: sonant, voiced
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