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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Speechless \Speech"less\, a.
Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
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Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear.
--Addison. [1913 Webster] -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English spæcleas "permanently mute;" see speech + -less. Meaning "mute by effect of astonishment" is from late 14c. Related: Speechlessly; speechlessness.
Wiktionary
a. not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.
WordNet
adj. unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock" [syn: dumb]
Wikipedia
Speechless is the ninth studio album by the Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman. It was released on June 15, 1999, by Sparrow Records.
It was certified platinum by the RIAA on November 27, 2000. Chapman received the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album and Dove Awards for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year (for "Dive").
The album provided more No. 1 chart singles (seven) on Christian contemporary radio than any of Chapman's other albums: "The Change", "Fingerprints of God", "The Invitation", "Great Expectations", "Be Still And Know", "Dive" and the title song "Speechless". The album is considered one of Chapman's greater works by many, and is recognized by many as being one of the best Christian albums of all time.
The concert tour in support of Speechless featured Chapman's longtime friend and co-writer Geoff Moore.
Speechless is a 1994 American romantic comedy film directed by Ron Underwood. It stars Michael Keaton, Geena Davis (who also co-produced with her then-husband, director Renny Harlin), Bonnie Bedelia, Ernie Hudson, and Christopher Reeve.
Speechless is a 1981 solo album by English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith of the group Henry Cow. It was Frith's third solo album, and was originally released in the United States on LP record on The Residents' Ralph record label. It was the second of three solo albums Frith made for the label.
Speechless was recorded in France, Switzerland and the United States, and featured Frith with French Rock in Opposition group Etron Fou Leloublan on the first side of the LP, and Frith's New York City band Massacre on the second. It is mostly a studio album with extracts from a Massacre concert mixed into four of the tracks on side two of the LP.
Speechless has been described as a mixture of folk music, free improvisation, avant-rock and noise. AllMusic said that it is often regarded as one of Frith's best solo albums.
"Speechless" is a duet between Jay Park and Cha Cha Malone, released on October 4, 2010 worldwide on Bandcamp, then on iTunes on October 11, 2010. It was also included in Park's single album released in South Korea " Bestie".
Speechless is a 2011 play by British playwrights Linda Brogan and Polly Teale. It was based on The Silent Twins by Marjorie Wallace, telling the story of June and Jennifer Gibbons. Its premiere was a national tour of the UK from 20 September to 26 November 2011, in a Shared Experience- Sherman Cymru co-production - venues included the Arcola Theatre in London and the Edinburgh Festival.
Speechless is a 2012 Hong Kong — mainland China film, directed by Simon Chung, about a mute Frenchman who is found naked by the banks of a river in Wuhan in mainland China. He is rescued and sent to a local hospital where he is treated by a male nurse who cares for him and later discovers the secrets of his past.
Speechless is the third feature film by director Simon Chung. His previous films were Innocent, released in 2005, and End of Love, in 2009.
The film premiered at the BFI 26th London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, on 28 March 2012, and contains brief full-frontal male nudity.
"Speechless" is a song by the American recording artist Michael Jackson, included on his tenth studio album, Invincible (2001). It was only released as a promotional single in South Korea. The singer was inspired to write the ballad after a water balloon fight with children in Germany. Jackson collaborated on the production with musicians such as Jeremy Lubbock, Brad Buxer, Novi Novoq, Stuart Bradley and Bruce Swedien. Andraé Crouch and his gospel choir provided backing vocals.
Executives at Jackson's record label, Epic Records, responded positively to the track when given a preview several months before Invincibles release. "Speechless" was issued as a promotional single, receiving mixed reviews from music critics. Commentary focused on the track's a cappellas, lyrics and music. A clip of Jackson singing "Speechless" was included in the 2009 documentary-concert film Michael Jackson's This Is It.
"Speechless" is a song written and performed by American singer Lady Gaga, from her third EP, The Fame Monster. The song was written by Gaga to convince her father, Joseph Germanotta, to undergo open-heart surgery, in order to repair his malfunctioning aortic valve, and as a reminder for her younger fans to appreciate their parents. "Speechless" is described as Gaga's "Fear of Death Monster".
The 1970s rock music-inspired power ballad received mixed reviews from critics, who praised it for drawing influences from Queen, as well as its sincerity while others criticized it for "com[ing] off as a fraud." "Speechless" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at ninety-four for the week of December 12, 2009. Gaga performed the song in a number of live appearances including the 2010 Grammys, 2009 American Music Awards, The 2009 Royal Variety Performance and The Monster Ball Tour.
"Speechless" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ciara. The song was written by Ciara, The-Dream, and Tricky Stewart, with the latter two producing the song as well. Taken from her fourth studio album Basic Instinct, the song serves as a promotional single from the album. It was released in the United States as a digital download on September 7, 2010, and in several European countries as the B-Side of second single " Gimmie Dat." Tricky Stewart originally confirmed the song as a Basic Instinct track in September 2009. The-Dream, who composed the track, was featured on the version that leaked in March 2010. However, on the final cut, the song was performed by Ciara only, with background vocals performed by American songwriter, gospel singer and session artist Lauren Evans.
"Speechless" is a mid-tempo R&B love song, which utilizes synthesized trumpets and horns as a backdrop. The lyrical content of the song centers around the protagonist saying they need more time to confess how perfect their significant other is. The song's accompanying music video, directed by Colin Tilley, features Ciara in a menagerie of scenes. The single had no direct promotion, and reached seventy-six on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
"Speechless" is a song by American recording artist Alicia Keys and features additional vocals from American rapper Eve. It was written by Keys, Eve and Swizz Beatz, while production was handled by the latter. A dedication to her son Egypt, whom she gave birth to in New York City on October 14, 2010, the freestyle collaboration was released as a holiday gift for Keys's fans on Beatz's Monster Mondays program on December 27, 2010. It samples Kanye West’s “ Devil in a New Dress” from his 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and upon its unofficial release, charted on number 71 the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in early 2011.
Speechless is an upcoming American sitcom television series that will debut as an entry in the 2016–17 television season on ABC. Created by Scott Silveri and co-executive produced with Christine Gernon, Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar, the 20th Century Fox Television/ ABC Studios co-production was greenlighted to series order on May 13, 2016. A first-look trailer was released on the same day. The series is set to debut on September 21, 2016.
Usage examples of "speechless".
It was so completely out of character for Omega Company that General Blitzkrieg was speechless for a moment.
The Bravo seemed to search for relief in the sympathizing eye of the pale and speechless Gelsomina.
Therewith he drank nigh a skinful of sweet dark Thramnian wine, in such sort that an hour before midnight, becoming speechless, he was holpen by Gro to his couch and slept a great deep sleep till morning.
And as our Lord, when He was able to speak, was announced by heralds who spoke, so before He could speak He was manifested by speechless elements.
On the other hand, the speechless infant certainly furnishes the proof, which is confirmed by some observations on microcephalous persons several years old or of adult age.
But the look of ecstatic joy about his sister struck Quintin speechless.
Ceremonial Inquisitor also was reft speechless, while the ranked candles burned, the white beeswax run liquid and refrozen in grotesque, clumped driblets.
He scowled to more properly punctuate it, while Silvan gaped at him, speechless.
He threw out his hands in suppliance, pleading with his clutching fingers, his staring eyes and his speechless but moving lips.
And long she held back in speechless horror, and all around her thronged visions of the pleasing cares of life.
To Yasmela, standing white and speechless at the door of her tent, the host seemed a pitiful handful in comparison to the thronging desert horde.
France have made it no secret that those of England, as a general thing, are to their perception an inexpressive and speechless race, perpendicular and unsociable, unaddicted to enriching any bareness of contact with verbal or other embroidery.
By aligning herself with a speechless, damaged brother, she made herself unadoptable, unplaceable.
Its circles, aye weeping and murmuring Mid her sad task of unregarded love, That to no smiles it might his speechless sadness move.
More clear the forms of speechless bliss float by, And heavenly gestures suit aethereal melody.