mute definition

1. a deaf person who is unable to speak
2. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
3. expressed without speech; ; ; - Emily Dickinson; ; ; - Thomas Wolfe
• examples: a mute appeal
• examples: a silent curse
• examples: best grief is tongueless
• examples: the words stopped at her lips unsounded
• examples: unspoken grief
• examples: choking exasperation and wordless shame