What is "voiceless" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does voiceless mean in English? Meaning of voiceless definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "voiceless" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "voiceless": produced without vibration of the vocal cords

Adjective

  • Meaning: produced without vibration of the vocal cords
  • Example: unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'
  • Synonyms: hard surd unvoiced voiceless
  • Antonyms: soft sonant voiced
  • Similar: whispered
  • Meaning of "voiceless": deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote

    Adjective

  • Meaning: deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
  • Example: labor was voiceless disenfrenchised masses took to the streets
  • Synonyms: disenfranchised disfranchised voiceless voteless
  • Antonyms: enfranchised
  • Meaning of "voiceless": uttered without voice

    Adjective

  • Meaning: uttered without voice
  • Example: could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me' voiceless whispers
  • Synonyms: breathed voiceless
  • Similar: inaudible unhearable
  • Meaning of "voiceless": being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech

    Adjective

  • Meaning: being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
  • Synonyms: aphonic voiceless
  • Similar: inarticulate unarticulate
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