speechless

Speech parts

1. speechless - Adjective

2. speechless - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.

Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dumb whist thunderstruck soundless overcome silent quiet surprised blank shocked voiceless mute stunned astonished startled
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Antonyms

gabby said soliloquy speaking aware fluent
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Phrases with the word

be speechless speechless person remain speechless leave speechless

Examples

Will speechless for once, a glass of water frozen halfway to his lips. Cassandra Clare

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real. Jacques Barzun

Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it. Jean de La Bruyère

If our life is poured out in useless words, we will never hear anything, never become anything, and in the end, because we have said everything before we had anything to say, we shall be left speechless at the moment of our greatest decision. Thomas Merton

If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless. John Hume

Slight griefs talk, great ones are speechless. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

speechify speechifying speeching speechless person speechlessly speechlessness