Unscramble mutes

Definition of mute

adjective:

• expressed without speech; ; ; - Emily Dickinson; ; ; - Thomas Wolfe; "a mute appeal", "a silent curse", "best grief is tongueless", "the words stopped at her lips unsounded", "unspoken grief", "choking exasperation and wordless shame". Synonyms: tongueless, unspoken, wordless.
• unable to speak because of hereditary deafness. Synonyms: dumb, silent.

noun:

• a deaf person who is unable to speak. Synonyms: deaf-and-dumb person, deaf-mute.
• a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument.

verb:

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping. Synonyms: damp, dampen, dull, muffle, tone down.

Related words

dummy, sordino, sourdine.

Words nearby

cute, jute, lute, mate, mete, mite, mote, mule, muse, muted, mutt, ute.

Rhymes with

acute, astute, beirut, boot, brut, brute, butte, cahoot, chute, commute, compute, coot, cute, dilute, dilute, dispute, disrepute, flute, fruit, hirsute.