- speechless
- adjective Date: before 12th century 1. unable to speak ; dumb 2. not speaking ; silent 3. not capable of being expressed in words • speechlessly adverb • speechlessness noun
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Speechless — can refer to any of the following articles:=Film= * Speechless (film) a 1994 film starring Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, and Christopher Reeve * Speechless (2007 film) a 2007 film starring Adrien Brody and Lindsay Lohan.=Games= * Speechless (board … Wikipedia
Speechless — puede referirse a: Speechless, una película de 1994. Speechless, canción de Michael Jackson. Speechless, canción de Lady Gaga. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con el mismo título … Wikipedia Español
Speechless — Speechless: Speechless песня Леди Гаги Speechless (англ.) песня Майкла Джексона … Википедия
Speechless — Speech less, a. 1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. [1913 Webster] 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. [1913 Webster] Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. [1913 Webster] {Speech less*ly}, adv.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Speechless — (engl. sprachlos) bezeichnet: den englischsprachigen Originaltitel eines 1994 gedrehten Films, siehe Sprachlos ein Lied der US amerikanischen Sängerin Lady Gaga, siehe Speechless (Lied) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffskläru … Deutsch Wikipedia
speechless — [spēch′lis] adj. 1. incapable of speech; lacking the ability to speak 2. temporarily unable to speak; silent, as from shock 3. not expressed or expressible in words [speechless terror] SYN. VOICELESS speechlessly adv. speechlessness n … English World dictionary
speechless — I adjective agape, aghast, amazed, aphonic, astonished, awe struck, bewildered, dumb, dumbstruck, elinguis, gagged, inarticulate, incapable of utterance, indisposed to words, mum, mute, mutus, noiseless, open mouthed, quiet, silent, soundless,… … Law dictionary
speechless — (adj.) O.E. spæcleas permanently mute; see SPEACH (Cf. speach) + LESS (Cf. less). Meaning mute by effect of astonishment is from late 14c. Related: Speechlessly; speechlessness … Etymology dictionary
speechless — *dumb, mute, inarticulate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
speechless — [adj] without ability to talk aghast, amazed, aphonic, astounded, buttoned up*, clammed up*, close mouthed, cool*, cool as cucumber*, dazed, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, inarticulate, mum, mute, not saying boo*, reserved, shocked, silent,… … New thesaurus
speechless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unable to speak, especially as the temporary result of shock or strong emotion. DERIVATIVES speechlessly adverb speechlessness noun … English terms dictionary
