wordless

[ wurd-lis ]

/ ˈwɜrd lɪs /

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adjective

speechless, silent, or mute.

not put into words; unexpressed.

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Origin of wordless

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at word, -less

OTHER WORDS FROM wordless

word·less·ly, adverbword·less·ness, noun

Words nearby wordless

word game, word-hoard, wordie, wording, Wordle, wordless, word-lore, wordmonger, Word of God, word of honor, word of mouth

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How to use wordless in a sentence

After six days of almost unbelievable emotional swings, I am left with a deep, wordless sadness.
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In the movie’s gorgeously shot, wordless opening, a teenage girl escorts her little brother to school by pulling him along on a rough wooden board fitted with wheels.
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His Underground Railroad lingers on individual images, incorporating wordless, lyrical passages that reveal characters’ interior landscapes.
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The law firm claimed that the user posted the wordless one-star review to their Google My Business listing with the intent to cause damage to their reputation or profession and to dissuade potential clients from doing business with them.
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“We conclude that, as a matter of law, a one-star wordless review posted on Google Review is an expression of opinion protected by the First Amendment,” the Michigan court stated.
One-star ratings on Google are deemed not defamatory and why that’s a problem|Joy Hawkins|April 16, 2021|Search Engine Land
The image is so familiar as to leave an art reviewer wordless.
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This creative experiment in virtually wordless filmmaking, which we ended up calling Day One, freed us in so many ways.
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The Caldecott-honored Red Book by Barbara Lehman has been described as “a wordless mind trip for tots.”
Make Your Kids Smarter in the Car|K. Emily Bond|July 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Behind the commonplace sentences, the hidden wordless Play also drew on towards its Curtain.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The verbose Marmot, wordless; the listless Slaughter, dominant.
Colonial Born|G. Firth Scott
Hitherto they had been voiceless, wordless, needing all their breath for their hard-labouring efforts to break down the gates.
North and South|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The ice around Xenie's frozen heart melted at that wordless prayer.
A Dreadful Temptation|Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
He was, said Larry, grim and he rarely spoke; but a close, wordless friendship had developed between them.
Children of the Whirlwind|Leroy Scott

British Dictionary definitions for wordless

wordless

/ (ˈwɜːdlɪs) /

adjective

inarticulate or silent

music of or relating to vocal music that is not provided with an articulated texta wordless chorus

Derived forms of wordless

wordlessly, adverbwordlessness, noun

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