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oversilent

oversilent adjective: excessively silent.

Adjective

oversilent (comparative more oversilent, superlative most oversilent)

  1. Excessively silent.
    • The house felt overlarge and oversilent with just the two of us, but I was relishing the peace of the kitchen.2020, Susan Isaacs, Takes One To Know One

Forms of oversilent

comparativemore oversilent
superlativemost oversilent

Origin of oversilent

From over- + silent.

Questions about oversilent

What does oversilent mean?
Oversilent means excessively silent.
What part of speech is oversilent?
Oversilent is an adjective.

Words near oversilent in the dictionary

  1. oversignifications
  2. oversignified
  3. oversignifies
  4. oversignify
  5. oversignifying
  6. oversilent
  7. oversilver
  8. oversilvered
  9. oversilvering
  10. oversilvers
  11. oversimilar

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