Roget's Thesaurus

#581. Aphony

Nouns

aphony, aphonia; dumbness etc. adj.; obmutescence; absence of voice, want of voice; dysphony; cacoepy; silence etc. (taciturnity) 585; raucity; harsh voice etc. 410, unmusical voice etc. 414; falsetto, childish treble mute; dummy.

Verbs

keep silence etc. 585; speak low, speak softly; whisper etc. (faintness) 405. silence; render mute, render silent; muzzle, muffle, suppress, smother, gag, strike dumb, dumfounder; drown the voice, put to silence, stop one's mouth, cut one short. stick in the throat.

Adjectives

aphonous, dumb, mute; deafmute, deaf and dumb; mum; tongue-tied; breathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless; mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish, mute as a mackerel; silent etc. (taciturn) 585; muzzled; inarticulate, inaudible. croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse as a raven; rough.

Adverbs

with bated breath, with the finger on the lips; sotto voce [Lat.]; in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice.

Phrases

vox faucibus haesit [Lat.] [Vergil].