tongueless

An archaic adjective meaning lacking a tongue, either literally (as in an animal) or figuratively (as in speechless or silent).

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo que describe a alguien o algo sin lengua, ya sea literalmente (como un animal) o en sentido figurado, es decir, mudo, silencioso o incapaz de hablar.

1. Lacking a tongue C1 formal

   Having no tongue, either naturally or due to injury or removal.

   • The tongueless creature could not taste its food.
   • After the accident, he was left tongueless.
   • The statue depicted a tongueless lion.

   🇪🇸sin lengua

   Antónimos: tongued

2. Expressed without speech C2 formal

   Communicated or conveyed without using spoken words; silent or mute.

   • Her tongueless plea was written in her eyes.
   • The tongueless song of the wind through the trees was haunting.
   • They shared a tongueless understanding, a bond beyond words.

   🇪🇸sin palabras

   Sinónimos: mutesilentspeechlessunsaidunspokenvoicelesswordless

   Antónimos: oralspokenverbal

• more tongueless comparative form
• most tongueless superlative form