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Pronunciation
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Adjective
not
speaking
; not knowing what to say;
silent
, especially due to
surprise
,
amazement
, etc.
: ''When he walked into his surprise birthday party, he was completely
speechless
.
Translations
Danish:
mundlam
Dutch:
sprakeloos
Icelandic:
oršlaus
,
oršlaust
Italian:
senza parole
,
ammutolito
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Speechless \Speech"less\, a.
1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
[1913 Webster]
Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster] --
Speech"less*ly
, adv. --
Speech"less*ness
, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet
speechless
adj : unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with
shock" [syn:
dumb
]
Moby Dictionary
anaudic
,
aphasic
,
aphonic
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dazed
,
dumb
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstricken
,
dumbstruck
,
economical of words
,
inarticulate
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
nonplussed
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
shocked
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
stricken dumb
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
thunderstruck
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
tongueless
,
uncommunicative
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
voiceless
,
word-bound
,
wordless
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