speechlessness
noun[U]
uk/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs.nəs/us/ˈspiːtʃ.ləs.nəs/thefeelingof beingunabletospeakbecause you are soangry,shocked,surprised, etc.:
She wasstunnedto speechlessness by hismarriageproposal.
I wasshockedto thepointof speechlessness.
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speechless
- She wasreducedto speechlessness by what he told her.
- Heoncereducedaseniorofficialto speechlessness byaskinghim whyAmericaneededa Federal Reserve at all.
- Even Andrew wasstartledinto speechlessness by heroutburst.
Falling silent and not speaking
- be (on) non-speakersidiom
- bite
- bitesomethingback
- button your lipidiom
- clam
- clam up
- draw
- gob
- have nothing to say foryourselfidiom
- mouth
- silence is goldenidiom
- speak
- speechless
- speechlessly
- stick
- stick insomeone'sthroatidiom
- tongue-tied
- unavowed
- unmentioned
- wordless