DIALOG Antonyms

• speech you make to yourself

• a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)

• a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor

• of China

• informal terms for a mother

• secrecy

• failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to

• the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak

• a refusal to speak when expected

• characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

• free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound

• (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots

• a period of calm weather

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• the absence of sound

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

• not showy or obtrusive

• in a softened tone

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• become quiet or quieter

• make calm or still

• the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

• the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)

• the absence of sound

• a refusal to speak when expected

• the trait of keeping things secret

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure

• speech you make to yourself

• a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections

• the property of making no sound

• the property of being speechless

• the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct

• (authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.

• A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.

• A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.

• To deliver a monologue.