mykistää — meaning in English

English meaning

• dumbfound verb To shock or confuse someone so much that they cannot speak.
• mute adj Unable or unwilling to speak; silent.
• strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.

Senses

mykistää is used for these senses in English:

• dumbfound (transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
• mute (transitive) To silence, to make quiet.
• mute (transitive) To turn off the sound of.
• strike (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
• strike To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.

mute — full definition

1. adj Unable or unwilling to speak; silent.
2. verb To silence or turn off the sound of something.
3. noun A device used to soften or dampen the sound of a musical instrument.

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