dead silence
Utter absence, sound
Dead silence is complete absence of sound—not just quiet, but an almost unnatural stillness.
The phrase emphasizes how striking or unsettling the silence feels: The announcement was met with dead silence.
It often follows something that should have provoked a response but didn't, or describes eerie calm where sound is expected.
- hushAbsence of sound
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- quietLacking in sound
- muteWithout voice or sound
- eerieDisturbingly strange
tomb · grave · void · soundless · deafening · frozen · pause · breathless · vacuum · emptiness · shock · aftermath · tension · suffocating · thick · heavy · midnight · crypt
- death idiomskick the bucket, six feet under, kiss of death, death wish, death trap
dead silencecacophony
Harsh, clashing sounds
uproar · deafening roar · din · pandemonium · clamor
dead silencehustle and bustle
Noisy, energetic activity
hubbub · hive of activity · bedlam · chaos · frenzy
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