If something is silent, it is completely quiet. After your noisy houseguests leave, you'll probably enjoy being all alone in your silent house.
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
Adjective S.
unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Adjective S.
having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; "a silent dog whistle"
Adjective S.
not made to sound; "the silent `h'' at the beginning of `honor''"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
Adjective S.
failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent"
Adjective S.
indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"
Adjective S.
marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still"
a.
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly
quiet.
a.
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute;
taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
a.
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind
is silent.
a.
Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent
in "fable."
a.
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
n.
That which is silent; a time of silence.
Silent
How silent is this town!2.
Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men.
This new-created world, whereof in hell Fame is not silent.3.
Cause . . . silent, virtueless, and dead.
Silent
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
That which is silent; a time of silence.
Usage Examples
Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.
Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which all things human are subject.
I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.
Corporate America cannot afford to remain silent or passive about the downward spiral we are undergoing. It cannot turn a blind eye to how difficult the experience of life is for so many of their customers.
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.
For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.
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Other Usage ExamplesI believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Hope will never be silent.
A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.
I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.
I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power.
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