UNMUZZLE Antonyms

• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

• restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

• prevent from speaking out

• be too tight; rub or press

• tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them

• make jokes or quips

• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

• cause to retch or choke

• make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

• (poetic) tranquil silence

• become quiet or still; fall silent

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• become quiet or quieter

• wash by removing particles

• run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

• a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature

• suppress in order to conceal or hide

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• 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

• to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

• restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

• prevent (someone or something) from doing something

• prevent the action or expression of

• 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

• joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

• suppress in order to conceal or hide

• suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

• be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

• bring under control by force or authority

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

• put out of one's consciousness

• lessen to the point of stopping