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yell silently

yell silently verb: to think very strong thoughts that one wishes to yell out loud but does not.

Verb

yell silently (third-person singular simple present yells silently, present participle yelling silently, simple past and past participle yelled silently)

  1. (idiomatic) To think very strong thoughts that one wishes to yell out loud but does not.
    • He yelled silently at R. Daneel: Machine!1964. Isaac Asimov, The Rest of the Robots, Doubleday, page 341
    • Shut up, he yelled silently as the woman cried out in pain and terror in the cabin behind him.1988. Craig Thomas, Winter Hawk, Morrow, page 373

Forms of yell silently

third-person singular presentyells silently
present participleyelling silently
past participleyelled silently
pastyelled silently

Questions about yell silently

What does yell silently mean?
Yell silently means to think very strong thoughts that one wishes to yell out loud but does not.
What part of speech is yell silently?
Yell silently is a verb.
What is the past tense of yell silently?
The past tense of yell silently is yelled silently.

Words near yell silently in the dictionary

  1. yell at clouds
  2. yell at the cloud
  3. yell at the clouds
  4. Yell County
  5. yell out
  6. yell silently
  7. yella
  8. yellable
  9. Yelland
  10. Yelle
  11. yelled

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