Speechless

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking the faculty of speech.
  • adj. Temporarily unable to speak, as through astonishment.
  • adj. Refraining from speech; silent.
  • adj. Unexpressed or inexpressible in words: speechless admiration.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
  • adj. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not having or not using the faculty of speech; unable to speak; dumb; mute.
  • Refraining or restrained from speech; not speaking, either of purpose or from present inability: as, to stand speechless before oneā€² s accusers; speechless from terror.
  • Characterized by the absence of speech; unexpressed; unattended by spoken words.
  • Using few words; concise.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. temporarily incapable of speaking
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dumb    mute    silent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mute    breathless    daze    wide-eyed    unable    helpless    motionless    unutterable    petrify    incredulous