speechlessadjective
uk/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs/us/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs/C1 unable to speak because you are so angry, shocked, surprised, etc.:
The news left us speechless.
She was speechless with indignation.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Falling silent and not speaking
- bite
- clam
- gob
- have nothing to say for yourself idiom
- hear
- hold
- hold your tongue idiom
- incommunicado
- keep (yourself) to yourself
- keep your mouth shut idiom
- let sth rest idiom
- lost
- pipe down
- radio silence
- rest
- save your breath idiom
- silence
- speak
- uncommunicative
- unsaid
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speechlessly
adverb uk/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs.li/us/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs.li/
speechlessness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs.nəs/us/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs.nəs/