You say that someone is wordless when they do not say anything, especially at a time when they are expected to say something. She stared back, now wordless Here and there, husbands sit in wordless despair. = silent + wordlessly word·less·ly Gil downed his food wordlessly, his attention far away
If someone makes a wordless sound, they make a sound that does not seem to contain any words. a wordless chant He shrieked a long, wordless cry. without using words = silent
expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe