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speechless

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speech⋅less

  [speech-lis]
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–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

Related forms:
speech⋅less⋅ly, adverb
speech⋅less⋅ness, noun

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

Antonyms:
1–3. loquacious, voluble, talkative.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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