speechless

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.

(adjective)

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.

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See speechless in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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

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See speechless in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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

Related Forms:

  • speechˈless·ly adverb
  • speechˈless·ness noun

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