adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   past participle of unspeak form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Not spoken; not said. not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes
2. 2
   Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood. not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes

   "The unspoken rule is to start a new pot of coffee when it is empty."

Adjective

1. 1
   expressed without speech wordnet
2. 2
   not made explicit wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

unsaidarcanecabalisticcensoredclassifiedclose

Antonyms

All antonyms

spoken

Example

More examples

"Their marriage simmered with discontentment and unspoken anger."

Etymology

From un- + spoken.

Related phrases

unspoken rizzunspoken ruleunspoken water

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