unspoken
/' n'spoukn/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Not expressed in words; implied or understood without being stated directly: Refers to thoughts, feelings, agreements, or terms that are communicated or exist without being spoken aloud.
- Silent; not uttered: Describes something that is not voiced or articulated.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- There was an unspoken agreement between them to never discuss the incident.
- Her unspoken criticism was evident in her disapproving glance.
- They communicated through a series of unspoken gestures and looks.
Advanced Usage
- "the unspoken" (used as a noun): Refers collectively to things that are not said or expressed verbally.
- The play masterfully explores the tension between the spoken and the unspoken in family relationships.
Variants and Related Words
- Unsaid (adj): Not said or expressed.
- He left many things unsaid.
- Unstated (adj): Not stated or declared.
- The unstated assumption behind the policy is flawed.
- Implicit (adj): Implied though not plainly expressed.
- She gave her implicit consent by not objecting.
Synonyms
- Tacit: Understood or implied without being stated.
- Wordless: Without words; silent.
- Unexpressed: Not conveyed in words.
Related Phrases
- Leave something unspoken: To deliberately not say something.
- For the sake of peace, they left their disagreements unspoken.
Adjective
- not made explicit
- the unexpressed terms of the agreement
- things left unsaid
- some kind of unspoken agreement
- his action is clear but his reason remains unstated
- expressed without speech
- a mute appeal
- a silent curse
- best grief is tongueless- Emily Dickinson
- the words stopped at her lips unsounded
- unspoken grief
- choking exasperation and wordless shame- Thomas Wolfe