- Ata loss for words - Dumbfounded - Lost for words - Mum without her oration - Unable to speak - Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. - Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
- A salient angle - Beggars ... be choosers - behave hypocritically - Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk - Insincere words - Is unable to speak hypocritically - Jargon
- Destitute of the power of distinct articulation;
having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short
fraenum. - Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.