Synonyms for speechlessness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : speech-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspitʃ lɪs

Top 10 synonyms for speechlessness Other synonyms for the word speechlessness

Définition of speechlessness

Origin :
  • Old English spæcleas "permanently mute;" see speech + -less. Meaning "mute by effect of astonishment" is from late 14c. Related: Speechlessly; speechlessness.
  • noun silence
Example sentences :
  • And he swaggered out before M. Binet had recovered from his speechlessness.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Rachel, during his speechlessness, looked at him unbelievingly.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • Cotherstone sat staring at his tenant for a full minute of speechlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
  • No wonder then that the pursuers wondered, even to speechlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Slaves » by Mayne Reid
  • Needless to say, the farmer and his family were reduced to a state of speechlessness.
  • Extract from : « Electricity for the farm » by Frederick Irving Anderson
  • What speechlessness and violent speeches,—reproaches and animosities!
  • Extract from : « Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World » by Anonymous
  • His bewilderment and speechlessness were a comic display, tragic to him.
  • Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
  • She trembled, she made her petition dismal by her anguish of speechlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Tragic Comedians, Complete » by George Meredith
  • From what the detective says, I judge he was frightened almost to speechlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Girl and The Bill » by Bannister Merwin
  • The speechlessness continued; she was still unable to articulate.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3) » by Charles James Wills

Antonyms for speechlessness

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