Tongueless — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking a tongue

expressed without speech; ; ; - Emily Dickinson; ; ; - Thomas Wolfe

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈʌŋləs/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈʌŋləs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈʌŋləs/

3 syllables Say it as /tˈʌŋləs/.

Examples

tongueless moccasins
a mute appeal
a silent curse

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

wordless mute unspoken

Antonyms

tongued

Parts of Speech

adjective	lacking a tongue “tongueless moccasins”
adjective	expressed without speech; ; ; - Emily Dickinson; ; ; - Thomas Wolfe “a mute appeal”

Word Forms

muteness

noun

the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ohne Zunge

es fehlt eine Zunge

🇫🇷French

sans langue

il manque une langue

🇪🇸Spanish

sin lengua

🇮🇹Italian

senza lingua

privo di lingua

🇳🇱Dutch

zonder tong

🇵🇹Portuguese

sem língua

falta de língua

🇷🇺Russian

безъязыкий

не хватает языка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भाषाहीन

जीभ का अभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

ভাষাহীন

একটি জিহ্বা অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

நாக்கற்ற

நாக்கு இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

నాలుకలేని

నాలుక లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

जीभहीन

जीभ नसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

જીભ વિનાનું

જીભનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಾಲಿಗೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ

ನಾಲಿಗೆಯ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നാവില്ലാത്ത

നാവിൻ്റെ അഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੀਭ ਰਹਿਤ

ਇੱਕ ਜੀਭ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے زبان

زبان کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无舌的

缺少舌头

🇯🇵Japanese

舌がない

舌が欠けている

🇰🇷Korean

혀가 없는

혀가 부족하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không có lưỡi

thiếu lưỡi

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีลิ้น

ขาดลิ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak berlidah

kurang lidah

🇵🇭Filipino

walang dila

kulang sa dila

🇲🇾Malay

tak berlidah

kekurangan lidah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بلا لسان

يفتقر إلى اللسان

🇮🇷Persian

بی زبان

فاقد زبان

🇹🇷Turkish

dilsiz

dili olmayan

🇮🇱Hebrew

חסרי לשון

חסר לשון

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What is the primary definition of the word 'tongueless'?

The primary meaning of 'tongueless' is 'lacking a tongue'.

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Using 'tongueless' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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