SuaviloquyToday’s word

speechless

Speechless, a.

1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.

2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for speechless; he lists it under taciturn.

Where he writes about it:

Dumb, mute, silent and speechless refer to fact or state; taciturn refers to habit and disposition. — from taciturn

Synonyms

taciturnclosedumbmutereservedreticentsilentuncommunicative

Antonyms

communicativefreegarrulousloquacioustalkativeunreserved

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