unuttered

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Thân thiện

His reason remains unuttered.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not spoken or expressed aloud; silent: Refers to thoughts, feelings, or words that are held internally and not voiced.
   • Not made explicit or verbalized: Describes something that is understood or agreed upon without being formally stated.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:
  • An unuttered curse hung in the air as he left the room. (A curse that was thought but not spoken aloud was felt by everyone present.)
  • Their mutual respect was an unuttered understanding that needed no words. (The respect between them was silently acknowledged without being verbally expressed.)
  • She gave him an unuttered promise with her eyes. (She communicated a promise through her gaze without saying anything.)

Advanced Usage

• "remain unuttered": to stay unsaid.
  • Many criticisms remained unuttered during the diplomatic meeting. (Many negative comments were thought but not spoken to maintain politeness.)
• "the unuttered thought": a thought that is not voiced.
  • He could almost hear her unuttered thought: "This is a mistake." (He sensed she was thinking this, even though she didn't say it.)

Variants and Related Words

• Unspoken (adj): Not expressed in speech; silent or tacit. Often used interchangeably with "unuttered" for feelings or agreements.
  • There was an unspoken rule about not being late.
• Unexpressed (adj): Not conveyed or communicated in words.
  • Her unexpressed fears eventually caused anxiety.
• Unstated (adj): Not declared or set forth in words.
  • The unstated assumption was that everyone had prior experience.

Synonyms

• Unvoiced: Not expressed in words.
• Tacit: Understood or implied without being stated.
• Implicit: Suggested though not directly expressed.

Antonyms

• Uttered: Spoken or expressed aloud.
• Voiced: Expressed in words.
• Explicit: Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• Left unsaid: Deliberately not spoken about.
  • The biggest issue was left unsaid, creating tension.
• Words stuck in one's throat: A phrase describing the inability to speak one's thoughts, often due to strong emotion, resulting in those thoughts remaining unuttered.
  • The apology was right there, but the words stuck in his throat.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unexpressed
• unsaid
• unstated
• unverbalized
• unverbalised
• unvoiced
• unspoken