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1. speechless
adjective. ['ˈspiːtʃləs'] temporarily incapable of speaking.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -less (English)
- -leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- speech (English)
- speche (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Speechless
- accomplice
- aeschelus
- ageless
- aimless
- airless
- alice
- anschluss
- argyropoulos
- bacillus
- backless
- baseless
- blameless
- bloodless
- bolus
- boneless
- borealis
- bottomless
- boundless
- bowlus
- breathless
How do you spell speechless? Is it speachless ?
A common misspelling of speechless is speachless
Sentences with speechless
1. Noun, singular or mass
If you find yourself speechless as she enters the room in a new outfit -- tell her.
2. Adjective
or "Oh my good..." will make it appear as though you're speechless with bewilderment.
Quotes about speechless
1. A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don't understand it.
- Michael Heizer
2. Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless..
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
3. The true men of action in our time those who transform the world are not the politicians and statesmen but the scientists. Unfortunately poetry cannot celebrate them because their deeds are concerned with things, not persons, and are therefore speechless. When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.
- W.H. Auden
