Synonyms for soundlessness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sound-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaʊnd lɪs

Top 10 synonyms for soundlessness Other synonyms for the word soundlessness

Définition of soundlessness

Origin :
  • c.1600 from sound (n.1) + -less. Related: Soundlessly; soundlessness.
  • noun silence
Example sentences :
  • There followed a tug of war that was all the more ghastly for its soundlessness.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • The soundlessness enwrapped him and there was no world left.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Prince » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • So the thing that wrenched and shook her now was all the more horrible because of its soundlessness.
  • Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
  • The soundlessness of ocean, miles below the surface, was about him.
  • Extract from : « Four Weird Tales » by Algernon Blackwood
  • The breath of the forests below was sweet about them, and soundlessness enclosed them which was of unearthly peace.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Prince » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • The soundlessness impressed her as a positive entity rather than as the mere negation of noise.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy
  • If they were absent, if it was the soundlessness and stillness of stone, the mind would crave for something.
  • Extract from : « Nature Near London » by Richard Jefferies
  • In that moment, out of the pitch-black well of soundlessness, a scream shrilled!
  • Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
  • They began a little low talk, but the soundlessness was stronger than themselves.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Prince » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Antonyms for soundlessness

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