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speechlessness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of speechlessness

incapacity for or restraint from speaking

the speechlessness of our cat never seemed so frustrating as the time that it was seriously sick

Synonyms of speechlessness

dumbness, muteness, silence, stillness

Words Related to speechlessness

inarticulacy, inarticulateness, voicelessness

reserve, reticence, reticency, taciturnity

Near Antonyms of speechlessness

communication, speaking, talking

eloquence, fluency, volubility

chattiness, garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity, talkativeness, talkiness

verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness

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