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The definition of speechless is nothing to say, or when you are made silent, usually as a result of a surprise or other strong emotion.

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When your boyfriend proposes to you and it comes as such a complete surprise that you are overcome with emotions and can't even speak, this is an example of when you are speechless.

See speechless in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

incapable of speech; lacking the ability to speak
temporarily unable to speak; silent, as from shock
not expressed or expressible in words: speechless terror

Related Forms:

speechlessly adverb
speechlessness noun

See speechless in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Lacking the faculty of speech.
Temporarily unable to speak, as through astonishment.
Refraining from speech; silent.
Unexpressed or inexpressible in words: speechless admiration.

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speechˈless·ly adverb

speechˈless·ness noun

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