Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antiverbal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-tiver-bal
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposing or avoiding the use of speech or words.

Example Sentences

"Though in very different ways, Wolfe, Capote, Mailer, and Didion each define their subjects as somehow beyond words — antiverbal or nonverbal, threatening or sublime, overpowering and intense or private and intuitive […]"
"Othello, Horatio, and Brutus strike me as notable exemplars of laconicism, but in Hotspur's case Shakespeare creates an antiverbal bias that is not so much philosophical as it is bound up in gender stereotype."

Etymology

From anti- + verbal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Inflected Forms

more antiverbal (comparative) most antiverbal (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

averbal

Questions

What does antiverbal mean?: Opposing or avoiding the use of speech or words.
Where does antiverbal come from?: From anti- + verbal.

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