silencenoun
deadadjectiveadverb
There was a moment of dead silence when the band finished playing - then the crowd burst into applause.
There was a dead silence for several minutes after Mrs Harlow entered the room.
They family sat in dead silence with their heads bowed throughout the service.
My question was met with dead silence.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Silence & quiet
acoustic tile
cricket
cricketsidiom
deafening
deafeningly
hushed
inaudibly
keep something down
muffled
noiseless
pin-drop
quiet
quietness
radio silence
silence
silent
silently
soundlessly
subdued
under your breathidiom