be lost for words
to be so shocked, surprised, full of admiration, etc. that you cannot speak:
Mary was lost for words when she was awarded the prize.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Falling silent and not speaking
- bite
- clam
- draw
- 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
- save your breath idiom
- speak
- speechless
- uncommunicative
- unsaid
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