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If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.
John Hume

Meaning of "speechless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPEECHLESS

speechless  [ˈspiːtʃlɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPEECHLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Speechless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPEECHLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of speechless in the English dictionary

The first definition of speechless in the dictionary is not able to speak. Other definition of speechless is temporarily deprived of speech. Speechless is also not expressed or able to be expressed in words.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPEECHLESS


abashless
əˈbæʃlɪs
ashless
ˈæʃlɪs
benchless
ˈbɛntʃlɪs
blushless
ˈblʌʃlɪs
branchless
ˈbræntʃlɪs
breechless
ˈbriːtʃlɪs
brushless
ˈbrʌʃlɪs
bushless
ˈbʊʃlɪs
cashless
ˈkæʃlɪs
matchless
ˈmætʃlɪs
punchless
ˈpʌntʃlɪs
quenchless
ˈkwentʃlɪs
ranchless
ˈrɑːntʃlɪs
reachless
ˈriːtʃlɪs
reproachless
rɪˈprəʊtʃlɪs
stanchless
ˈstɑːntʃlɪs
staunchless
ˈstɔːntʃlɪs
stretchless
ˈstrɛtʃlɪs
teachless
ˈtiːtʃlɪs
touchless
ˈtʌtʃlɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPEECHLESS

speech sound
speech synthesis
speech synthesiser
speech synthesizer
speech therapist
speech therapy
speech training
speech-reading
speechcraft
speechful
speechfulness
speechification
speechified
speechifier
speechifies
speechify
speechifying
speechlessly
speechlessness
speechwriter

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPEECHLESS

bottomless
breathless
churchless
deathless
depthless
faithless
fishless
fleshless
mirthless
mouthless
nathless
pathless
ruthless
scratchless
sighless
toothless
trothless
truthless
worthless
wrathless
youthless

Synonyms and antonyms of speechless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPEECHLESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «speechless» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of speechless

Translation of «speechless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPEECHLESS

Find out the translation of speechless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of speechless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «speechless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不能说话的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin habla
570 millions of speakers

English

speechless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवाक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وَاجِم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

онемевший
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

emudecido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্বাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersuara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sprachlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

口のきけない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

말을 못하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ujar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không nói nên lời
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேச்சற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोनाह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suskun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

senza parole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oniemiały
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

німий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άναυδος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sprakeloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mållös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

målløs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of speechless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEECHLESS»

The term «speechless» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.766 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEECHLESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about speechless

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9 QUOTES WITH «SPEECHLESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word speechless.
1
Jacques Barzun
If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.
2
Mary J. Blige
From being a little girl in the projects, going through all of the mess that I was going through, to ending up at the Inauguration for the first African-American president, I'm speechless right now because I never thought I'd - I never ever - I couldn't even see that far. Even when I ended up in the music business, I couldn't see that.
3
Ben Chaplin
When you arrive in L.A. as an Englishman, you might as well be on the moon. People just don't understand you if you speak too fast, and most people there think you're Australian. Ordering was incredibly complicated. I was speechless.
4
Thomas Frank
Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles; elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them.
5
Clay Guida
You're speechless sometimes when you think of the support you've had from the first day I've started wrestling to now.
6
John Hume
If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.
7
Ralph G. Neas
Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
8
Robert Schumann
Nature best teaches how to pray, and how to reverence all the gifts the Almighty has given us. She is like a vast outspread handkerchief, embroidered with God's eternal name, on which we may dry alike our tears of sorrow and of joy; she turns weeping into ecstasy, and fills our hearts with speechless, quiet reverence and resignation.
9
Lynne Truss
I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPEECHLESS»

Discover the use of speechless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to speechless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Speechless
Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can't keep a secret…until now, because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast--and nearly got someone killed; so now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence and if she thinks keeping ...
Hannah Harrington, 2012
2
Speechless: A Year In My Father's Business
James Button spent a year writing speeches for Kevin Rudd.
James Button, 2012
3
Speechless
Commended for the 2008 Best Books for Kids and Teens, short-listed for the 2008 Snow Willow Award and Ann Connor Brimer Award "No one pays much attention to you if you don't have much to say, so there was no way I could have predicted what ...
Valerie Sherrard, 2007
4
Speechless: Living in Awe of God's Disruptive Grace
Steven Curtis Chapman, one of America's best-known contemporary Christian performing artists, and his pastor, Scotty Smith, call believers to join them in the invigorating adventure of grace-based living.
Steven Curtis Chapman, Scotty Smith, 2000
5
Speechless: Facilitating Communication for People Without Voices
The developer of Facilitated Communication, a method of helping mutes communicate using a keyboard or spelling board, recounts her legal battles to encourage its acceptance and the stories of people who have benefited from its use. 20,000 ...
Rosemary Crossley, 1997
6
Speechless
It's subject matter will cut like a knife as it bleeds the truth, which no longer can hide in the darkness. Authoress Terry E Lyle has also written Brown Bag Poetry, Wow!!!, and Say it ain't so which are still turning heads.
Authoress Terry E. Lyle, 2011
7
Speechless: World History Without Words
A purely visual, word-free world history, from the Big Bang to Climate Chaos.
Polyp, 2009
8
Scared Speechless: Public Speaking Step by Step
The unique approach that this volume offers will help turn around the fear that many people have of public speaking and at the same time provide a step-by-step guide to successful speech making.
Rebecca McDaniel, 1994
9
Speechless
This ultimate collection of Kuper's art will leave any fan of the medium ... well, speechless!
Peter Kuper, 2001
10
Communication for the Speechless
*HA18, Communication for the Speechless, 3/e, Franklin H. Silverman(Marquette University), 18487-9, 384 pp., 6 x 9, 0-133-10954-2, paperbound, 1995, $34.50nk, August?*/This bookUs primary goal is preparing students for clinical work with ...
Franklin H. Silverman, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPEECHLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term speechless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Learning a tough lesson can leave you speechless
"Okay," I mumbled, because frankly, I was speechless. Afterwards, I remembered that I'm terrified of public speaking, so I started hoping for some stroke of luck to ... «Fraser Coast Chronicle, Jun 15»
2
Nepal Earthquake Situation Makes Me Speechless: Sushmita Sen
Recalling her visit to Nepal last year, former Miss Universe and Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen on April 29 said that the earthquake that devastated in the ... «NDTV, Apr 15»
3
Insane ping pong shot leaves player speechless
There's a zero percent chance that the guy in the red shirt actually meant to hit this lob shot over the moon and back down to the table, but he pulled off one of ... «USA TODAY, Mar 15»
4
*Good Uber news alert*: Customer 'speechless with tears' after …
I'm speechless with tears.Thank you Mr Jamshid @Uber_LDN who kindly posted my bank card ,driver's license.Thank u! pic.twitter.com/SilbnYpp89. «Metro, Mar 15»
5
The moment Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai left Jon …
Her answer to one of Stewart's questions left him speechless. An outspoken critic of the Taliban's tactics in her native Swat Valley from a young age, Malala was ... «Business Insider, Feb 15»
6
Craig Biggio 'kind of speechless' after Hall of Fame visit
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- Craig Biggio was ''kind of speechless'' after completing his pre-induction tour of the Baseball Hall of Fame. «Yahoo Sports, Jan 15»
7
Angelina Jolie Left 'Speechless' After Visit to Iraqi Refugee Camp
Angelina Jolie has written a searing account of her visit to an Iraqi refugee camp earlier this week, urging world leaders in a Tuesday op-ed to scale up relief ... «TIME, Jan 15»
8
New Mexico governor's kindness leaves Hugh Greenwood …
Absolutely Speechless! Words can't even begin to describe how thankful I am to you @Gov_Martinez, and your $10,000 donation to @HGPinkPack! — Hugh ... «Yahoo Sports, Jan 15»
9
NFL 'Speechless' Ad Against Domestic Violence Sends The Wrong …
There is one exception, however: the “Speechless” video featuring NFL players, which sends the completely wrong message about how to handle this sensitive ... «SportsGrid, Jan 15»
10
Horse on open deck of truck leaves police speechless
Police in the far north of New Zealand have posted a picture on Facebook of a horse being transported on the open deck of a small truck, saying they were ... «Horsetalk, Dec 14»

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