| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| speechless adj | (shocked) | mållös adj |
| | | stum adj |
| | Janet was speechless when she realised she'd won the lottery. |
| choked adj | (speechless: with emotion) | mållös adj |
| | (av upprördhet, häpenhet) | förstummad adj |
| | (av förvåning) | stum adj |
| | I was so choked with emotion I couldn't even thank him. |
| mute adj | figurative (person: not speaking) (om person: är tyst) | stum adj |
| | The prisoner remained mute when the sentence was read. |
| tongue-tied adj | figurative (unable to speak) | mållös adj |
| | | stum, förstummad adj |
| | | tystlåten adj |
| | Sometimes I get tongue-tied around new people. |
| choked up adj | informal (speechless with emotion) | rörd adj |
| | | stum, mållös adj |
| | (vardagligt) | utom sig uttr |
| | Darren was choked up when his stepson told him he loved him. |
| voiceless adj | (having no voice) | röstlös adj |
| | | stum adj |
| | | utan röst prep + s |
| | The operation on Ben's vocal cords had left him voiceless. |
| mute adj | dated, now offensive (person: non-speaking) (om person: kan ej tala) | stum adj |
| | At first, the strangers did not realise that the young woman was mute. |
| dumb adj | dated, now offensive (person: mute, non-speaking) | stum adj |
| | (ålderdomligt) | dövstum adj |
| | After the child's fifth birthday passed without a word, the parents realised he was dumb. |
| | Efter att barnets femte födelsedag passerade utan ett ord, så insåg föräldrarna att han var stum. |
| stunned adj | figurative (silence, look: of shock) | chockad adj |
| | | stum adj |
| | | förbluffad adj |
| | Isabel's parents greeted her announcement with a stunned silence. |
| dumb adj | (temporarily unable to speak) | förstummad, stum adj |
| | I was dumb with amazement at what he was saying. |
| | Jag var förstummad (or: stum) av förvåning över vad han sa. |