in silence
Making no sound
Without speaking or making sound.
The phrase often emphasizes the weight or significance of quiet: They sat in silence for a long moment, The crowd watched in silence as the casket was lowered.
To suffer in silence is to endure hardship without complaint or acknowledgment.
- mutenessInability to speak
- hushAbsence of sound
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- lost in thoughtDeeply mentally preoccupied
- calmFree from agitation
noiselessness · meditation · stillness · stand still · prayer · unspoken · say nothing · reverence · secrecy · quietude · introspection · pause · soundlessness · wordlessly · serenity · inner peace · mourning · solitude
communication/expression
in silenceopenly
Without hiding anything
expressively · verbally · outspokenly · vocally · articulately