Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.; wordless.

    When he walked into his surprise birthday party, he was completely speechless.

    sprachlos, fassungslos, stumm

    онеме́лыйonemélyj, онеме́вшийonemévšij, безмо́лвныйbezmólvnyj

  2. (archaic, not comparable)Synonym of unspeakable.

More definitions
  • temporarily incapable of speaking

Examples

89 sentences
  1. Tom was speechless.

    Том онімів.

    deTom war sprachlos.

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  2. I was speechless.

    Мені відібрало мову.

    ruЯ потерял дар речи.

    deIch war sprachlos.

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  3. Tom was speechless for a moment.

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  4. I'm kind of speechless right now.

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  5. I was rendered speechless by his rudeness.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
not speaking; not knowing what to say:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not speaking; not knowing what to say:

Origin

From Middle English specheles, from Old English sprǣċlēas (“speechless; without the power

From Middle English specheles, from Old English sprǣċlēas (“speechless; without the power of speak”), from Proto-Germanic *sprēkalausaz, equivalent to speech + -less. Cognate with West Frisian sprakeleas (“speechless”), Dutch sprakeloos (“speechless”), German Low German spraaklos (“speechless”), German sprachlos (“speechless”).

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • temporarily incapable of speaking:dumb

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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