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speechless - 3 dictionary results

speech⋅less

[speech-lis]
–adjective
1. temporarily deprived of speech by strong emotion, physical weakness, exhaustion, etc.: speechless with alarm.
2. characterized by absence or loss of speech: speechless joy.
3. lacking the faculty of speech; dumb.
4. not expressed in speech or words: speechless compliments.
5. refraining from speech.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME specheles, OE spǣclēas. See speech, -less


speech⋅less⋅ly, adverb
speech⋅less⋅ness, noun


1. dumfounded, shocked, mute. See dumb. 3. silent, mute.


1–3. loquacious, voluble, talkative.
speech·less   (spēch'lĭs)   
adj.  
  1. Lacking the faculty of speech.
  2. Temporarily unable to speak, as through astonishment.
  3. Refraining from speech; silent.
  4. Unexpressed or inexpressible in words: speechless admiration.
speech'less·ly adv., speech'less·ness n.

Speechless

Speech"less\, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.

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

Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. --Addison. -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n.
Language Translation for : speechless
Spanish: mudo, enmudecido,
German: sprachlos,
Japanese: 口もきけない
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