EGAVE

speechless

About 1.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective 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.
  2. adjective Synonym of unspeakable.

Similar words

dumb inarticulate unarticulate mute silent voiceless wordless tongueless unspeaking mum

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Word family

speechlessly speechlessness speechlessnesses

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