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Antonyms for speechlessness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : speech-lis |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspitʃ lɪs |
Definition of speechlessness
Origin :- Old English spæcleas "permanently mute;" see speech + -less. Meaning "mute by effect of astonishment" is from late 14c. Related: Speechlessly; speechlessness.
- noun silence
- And he swaggered out before M. Binet had recovered from his speechlessness.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- Rachel, during his speechlessness, looked at him unbelievingly.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- Cotherstone sat staring at his tenant for a full minute of speechlessness.
- Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
- No wonder then that the pursuers wondered, even to speechlessness.
- Extract from : « The Boy Slaves » by Mayne Reid
- Needless to say, the farmer and his family were reduced to a state of speechlessness.
- Extract from : « Electricity for the farm » by Frederick Irving Anderson
- What speechlessness and violent speeches,—reproaches and animosities!
- Extract from : « Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World » by Anonymous
- His bewilderment and speechlessness were a comic display, tragic to him.
- Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
- She trembled, she made her petition dismal by her anguish of speechlessness.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Comedians, Complete » by George Meredith
- From what the detective says, I judge he was frightened almost to speechlessness.
- Extract from : « The Girl and The Bill » by Bannister Merwin
- The speechlessness continued; she was still unable to articulate.
- Extract from : « The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3) » by Charles James Wills
Synonyms for speechlessness
- blackout
- calm
- censorship
- dead air
- death
- dumbness
- hush
- hush-hush
- inarticulateness
- iron curtain
- laconism
- lull
- muteness
- noiselessness
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietness
- quietude
- quietus
- reserve
- reticence
- saturninity
- secrecy
- sleep
- still
- stillness
- sulk
- sullenness
- taciturnity
- uncommunicativeness
- wordlessness
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