unavowed
adjective[before noun]
formaluk/ˌʌn.əˈvaʊd/us/ˌʌn.əˈvaʊd/notstatedpublicly:
Hisbehaviourdemonstratesan unavoweddisregardforothers.
She had adimhope, unavowed, that some newdevelopmentwouldmeantheweddingwould be called off.
- There was areal, but unavowed,agreementbetween the threeleaders.
- Heregardedhimself as aminister, though an unavowed one, andbelievedhimselfworthyof beinghired.
- I wasdeterminedto make up for the unavowedillwill with which I hadreceivedher.
Falling silent and not speaking
- be (on) non-speakersidiom
- bite
- bitesomethingback
- button your lipidiom
- clam
- clam up
- draw
- gob
- have nothing to say foryourselfidiom
- mouth
- silence is goldenidiom
- speak
- speechless
- speechlessly
- speechlessness
- stick
- stick insomeone'sthroatidiom
- tongue-tied
- unmentioned
- wordless