"speechless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈspiːt͡ʃ.lɪs/ [US] Audio: en-us-speechless.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Middle English specheles, from Old English sprǣċlēas (“speechless; without the power of speak”), from Proto-Germanic *sprēkalausaz, equivalent to speech + -less. Cognate with West Frisian sprakeleas (“speechless”), Dutch sprakeloos (“speechless”), German Low German spraaklos (“speechless”), German sprachlos (“speechless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|specheles}} Middle English specheles, {{inh|en|ang|sprǣċlēas||speechless; without the power of speak}} Old English sprǣċlēas (“speechless; without the power of speak”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sprēkalausaz}} Proto-Germanic *sprēkalausaz, {{suffix|en|speech|less}} speech + -less, {{cog|fy|sprakeleas||speechless}} West Frisian sprakeleas (“speechless”), {{cog|nl|sprakeloos||speechless}} Dutch sprakeloos (“speechless”), {{cog|nds-de|spraaklos||speechless}} German Low German spraaklos (“speechless”), {{cog|de|sprachlos||speechless}} German sprachlos (“speechless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} speechless (not comparable)
  1. Not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Silence, Talking Translations (not speaking; not knowing what to say): spraakloos (Afrikaans), sprakeloos (Afrikaans), занемял (zanemjal) (Bulgarian), безмълвен (bezmǎlven) (Bulgarian), bocabadat (Catalan), emmudit (Catalan), 無言 (Chinese Mandarin), 无言 (wúyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 無語 (Chinese Mandarin), 无语 (wúyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 沈默 (chénmò) (Chinese Mandarin), 沉默 (chénmò) (Chinese Mandarin), mundlam (Danish), målløs (Danish), sprakeloos (Dutch), senparola (Esperanto), sanaton (Finnish), sans voix (French), sprachlos (German), fassungslos (German), stumm (German), 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs) (Gothic), άναυδος (ánavdos) [masculine] (Greek), άφωνος (áfonos) [masculine] (Greek), ενεός (eneós) [masculine] (Greek), szótlan (Hungarian), eláll(t) a szava (Hungarian), meg se tud mukkanni (Hungarian), orðlaus (Icelandic), kelu (Indonesian), kaku lidah (Indonesian), senza parole (Italian), ammutolito (Italian), ēlinguis (Latin), målløs (Norwegian Bokmål), mållaus (Norwegian Bokmål), mållaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), oniemiały [masculine] (Polish), milczący [masculine] (Polish), sem palavras (Portuguese), atónito [Portugal] (Portuguese), atônito [Brazil] (Portuguese), perplexo (Portuguese), estarrecido (Portuguese), онеме́лый (onemélyj) (Russian), онеме́вший (onemévšij) (Russian), безмо́лвный (bezmólvnyj) (Russian), मूक (mūka) (Sanskrit), sin palabras (Spanish), sin habla (Spanish), atónito [masculine] (Spanish), perplejo [masculine] (Spanish), mudo [masculine] (Spanish), mållös (Swedish), నోరులేని (nōrulēni) (Telugu), หมดคำพูด (mòt-kam-pûut) (Thai), พูดไม่ออก (pûut-mâi-ɔ̀ɔk) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-speechless-en-adj-eXH~VRVH Disambiguation of Silence: 90 10 Disambiguation of Talking: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'not speaking; not knowing what to say': 96 4
  2. (archaic) Synonym of unspeakable. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Synonyms: unspeakable [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-speechless-en-adj-LZECExYS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: speechlessness

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          "word": "mundlam"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "sprachlos"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "fassungslos"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "stumm"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "dumbs",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ánavdos",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
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        },
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "áfonos",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "eneós",
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          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "szótlan"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "eláll(t) a szava"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "meg se tud mukkanni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "orðlaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "kelu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "kaku lidah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "senza parole"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "ammutolito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "ēlinguis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "målløs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "mållaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "mållaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oniemiały"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "milczący"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "sem palavras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal"
          ],
          "word": "atónito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil"
          ],
          "word": "atônito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "perplexo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "estarrecido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "onemélyj",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "онеме́лый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "onemévšij",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "онеме́вший"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezmólvnyj",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "безмо́лвный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "mūka",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "मूक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "sin palabras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "sin habla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "atónito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "perplejo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "mållös"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "nōrulēni",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "నోరులేని"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mòt-kam-pûut",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "หมดคำพูด"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pûut-mâi-ɔ̀ɔk",
          "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
          "word": "พูดไม่ออก"
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        {
          "ref": "1690, John Dryden, The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man, J.M., page 14",
          "text": "Immortal Pleaſures round my ſwimming Eyes did dance,\nAnd ſpeechleſs Joys, in whoſe ſweet Tumult toſt,\nI thought my Breath, and my new Being loſt.",
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        {
          "ref": "1902, Gilbert Murray, Euripides, Longmans, Green, and co., page 32",
          "text": "O Mother Earth, O Sun that makest clean,\nWhat poison have I heard, what speechless sin !",
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        }
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        "Synonym of unspeakable."
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        "(archaic) Synonym of unspeakable."
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    {
      "word": "speechlessness"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "specheles"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sprǣċlēas",
        "4": "",
        "5": "speechless; without the power of speak"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "speech",
        "3": "less"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "sprakeleas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "speechless"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian sprakeleas (“speechless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "sprakeloos",
        "3": "",
        "4": "speechless"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "spraaklos",
        "3": "",
        "4": "speechless"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German spraaklos (“speechless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sprachlos",
        "3": "",
        "4": "speechless"
      },
      "expansion": "German sprachlos (“speechless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English specheles, from Old English sprǣċlēas (“speechless; without the power of speak”), from Proto-Germanic *sprēkalausaz, equivalent to speech + -less. Cognate with West Frisian sprakeleas (“speechless”), Dutch sprakeloos (“speechless”), German Low German spraaklos (“speechless”), German sprachlos (“speechless”).",
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "speechless (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When he walked into his surprise birthday party, he was completely speechless."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 62",
          "text": "The attack was so unwarranted and delivered with such venom that his unpreparedness for it left him speechless.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "silent",
          "silent"
        ],
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise"
        ],
        [
          "amazement",
          "amazement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1690, John Dryden, The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man, J.M., page 14",
          "text": "Immortal Pleaſures round my ſwimming Eyes did dance,\nAnd ſpeechleſs Joys, in whoſe ſweet Tumult toſt,\nI thought my Breath, and my new Being loſt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1902, Gilbert Murray, Euripides, Longmans, Green, and co., page 32",
          "text": "O Mother Earth, O Sun that makest clean,\nWhat poison have I heard, what speechless sin !",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of unspeakable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unspeakable",
          "unspeakable#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Synonym of unspeakable."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "unspeakable"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspiːt͡ʃ.lɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-speechless.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/En-us-speechless.ogg/En-us-speechless.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/En-us-speechless.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "spraakloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "sprakeloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zanemjal",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "занемял"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezmǎlven",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "безмълвен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "bocabadat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "emmudit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "無言"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúyán",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "无言"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "無語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúyǔ",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "无语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénmò",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "沈默"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénmò",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "沉默"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "mundlam"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "målløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "sprakeloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "senparola"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "sanaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "sans voix"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "sprachlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "fassungslos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "stumm"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "dumbs",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ánavdos",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "άναυδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "áfonos",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "άφωνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eneós",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ενεός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "szótlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "eláll(t) a szava"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "meg se tud mukkanni"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "orðlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "kelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "kaku lidah"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "senza parole"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "ammutolito"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "ēlinguis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "målløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "mållaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "mållaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oniemiały"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milczący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "sem palavras"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "atónito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "atônito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "perplexo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "estarrecido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "onemélyj",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "онеме́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "onemévšij",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "онеме́вший"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezmólvnyj",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "безмо́лвный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mūka",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "मूक"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "sin palabras"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "sin habla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atónito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perplejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "mållös"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nōrulēni",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "నోరులేని"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mòt-kam-pûut",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "หมดคำพูด"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pûut-mâi-ɔ̀ɔk",
      "sense": "not speaking; not knowing what to say",
      "word": "พูดไม่ออก"
    }
  ],
  "word": "speechless"
}

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