Synonyms for speechless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : speech-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈspitʃ lɪs

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Définition of speechless

Origin : Old English spæcleas "permanently mute;" see speech + -less. Meaning "mute by effect of astonishment" is from late 14c. Related: Speechlessly; speechlessness.

adj without ability to talk

Example sentences :

She was speechless; her raised hand did not fall; it was as if she were frozen where she stood.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

We lifts him up, and he was speechless, and quite black in the face.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Hawkeye regarded the young man a moment in speechless amazement.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

Bohun was speechless for a moment, stricken dumb by a second seizure of fury.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

"S'long," said he, and left briskly, leaving Duncan speechless.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Smitten to the heart by a sudden and overwhelming remorse, Hetty was speechless.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

Mosu lay before her, speechless with shame, and begged her to forgive him.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

She did not speak, and I, speechless, held her to my breast.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

The corporal stared at Fandor, speechless, absolutely dumbfounded.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

The children were speechless with admiration and wonder, as they well might be.
Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards

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