unwordedadj.
1. Not expressed in words.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > not mentioned
unsaidc1000
untouchedc1380
untoldc1386
unreckoneda1425
undescrived1435
unrehearsedc1443
unrecitedc1487
unrecountedc1487
unspoken1487
unpronounced1496
unconfesseda1500
indiscussed1534
unmentioned1545
unpreachedc1555
unexpressed1561
unquoted1567
undescribed1575
unreported1576
unrepeated1577
uncited1581
unalleged1587
undelated1597
untalked1599
unspoke1608
unrelated1611
unuttered1651
unimparted1655
unlanguaged1677
uncommented1751
unchanted1820
unwhispered1821
unbreatheda1827
unpoetized1831
unenounceda1856
unvoiced1859
unworded1860
unstated1864
unadmitted1895
1860 C. Clive Why Paul Ferroll iii With all this unworded she accosted him.
1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner I. xiv. 243 There are states of mind..which remain not only unworded, but unthoughted, if such a word may be coined for our special need.
1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxi The unworded intercourse between this husband and wife.
1898 G. Meredith Poems II. 132 This lone-laid wife was moved to feel Unworded things and old To her pained heart appeal.
2. Lacking words; silent. rare.
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the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective]
unspeakinga1382
speechless1390
mutec1400
dumb1406
silenta1425
peaceablec1425
secretc1440
of few wordsa1500
tongue-tied1529
mum1532
closec1540
strait-laced1546
tongue-dumb1556
incommunicable1568
sparing1568
inconversable1577
retentive1599
wordless1604
mumbudget1622
uncommunicable1628
monastica1631
word-bound1644
on (also upon) the reserve1655
strait-mouthed1664
oyster-like1665
incommunicative1670
mumchance1681
speechless1726
taciturnous1727
tongue-tacked1727
monosyllabic1735
silentish1737
untalkative1739
silentious1749
buttoned-up1767
taciturn1771
close as wax1772
untittletattling1779
reticent1825
voiceless1827
say-nothing1838
unremonstrant1841
still1855
unvocal1858
inexpansive186.
short-tongued1864
non-communicating1865
tight-lipped1876
unworded1886
chup1896
tongue-bound1906
shut-mouthed1936
zip-lipped1943
shtum1958
1886 R. W. Gilder Lyrics 116 So, still unworded, save in memory mute, Rest thou, sweet hour of viol and of lute.
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