Thesaurus / tongue tied
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synonyms for tongue tied
- disjointed
- incomprehensible
- incongruous
- irrational
- jumbled
- muddled
- puzzling
- rambling
- uneven
- breathless
- confused
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- discordant
- disordered
- dumb
- faltering
- inarticulate
- incohesive
- inconsistent
- indistinct
- indistinguishable
- maundering
- muffled
- mumbling
- mute
- muttered
- stammering
- stuttering
- tongue-tied
- uncommunicative
- unconnected
- uncoordinated
- unvocal
- wandering
- wild
- bashful
- mute
- quiet
- shy
- still
- buttoned-up
- clammed up
- closemouthed
- hushed
- muted
- nonvocal
- not forthcoming
- not talkative
- reserved
- secretive
- soundless
- speechless
- tight-lipped
- tongue-tied
- uncommunicative
- unsociable
- unspeaking
- voiceless
- wordless
- zipped
- silent
- speechless
- aphasic
- muffled
- mum
- quiet
- silenced
- tongue-tied
- aphasiac
- aphonic
- tongueless
- unexpressed
- unpronounced
- unsounded
- unspeaking
- unspoken
- voiceless
- wordless
- hushed
- mum
- mute
- restrained
- reticent
- bashful
- buttoned-up
- checked
- clammed up
- close
- closed-up
- closemouthed
- curbed
- dumb
- dummied up
- faint
- hush
- iced
- inarticulate
- incoherent
- inconversable
- indistinct
- inhibited
- laconic
- mousy
- muted
- noiseless
- nonvocal
- not talkative
- reserved
- shy
- silentious
- soundless
- still
- struck dumb
- taciturn
- tongue-tied
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- unheard
- unsociable
- unspeaking
- voiceless
- wordless
- zipped
- amazed
- dazed
- dumb
- silent
- aghast
- aphonic
- astounded
- buttoned-up
- clammed up
- close-mouthed
- cool
- cool as cucumber
- dumbfounded
- dumbstruck
- inarticulate
- mum
- mute
- not saying boo
- reserved
- shocked
- taciturn
- thunderstruck
- tight-lipped
- tongue-tied
- uncommunicative
- unflappable
- voiceless
- wordless
- buttoned-up
- clammed up
- closemouthed
- dumb
- hushed
- mum
- mute
- muted
- not talkative
- quiet
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- secretive
- taciturn
- tongue-tied
- zipped
- amazed
- astounded
- dazed
- dumbfounded
- garbled
- mute
- shocked
- shy
- stammering
- aghast
- at a loss for words
- bashful
- choked up
- dumbstruck
- inarticulate
- mum
- silent
- speechless
- uncommunicative
- voiceless
- speechless
- at a loss for words
- inarticulate
- incoherent
- mousy
- mum
- mute
- quiet
- silent
- soundless
- tongue-tied
- uncommunicative
- voiceless
- wordless
- censor
- choke
- clamp down on
- crack down on
- muffle
- repress
- restrain
- squelch
- stifle
- suppress
- check
- cork
- curb
- hush
- ice
- prevent
- quieten
- restrict
- shush
- silence
- squash
- still
- stop
- tongue-tie
- trammel
- bottle up
- dry up
- dummy up
- shut down
- cut off
- gag
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- quash
- quell
- squelch
- stifle
- subdue
- suppress
- clam
- dampen
- deaden
- dull
- extinguish
- hush
- lull
- overawe
- quiet
- quieten
- shush
- soft pedal
- still
- tongue-tie
- choke off
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut short
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dumb
- dummy up
- hold one's tongue
- hush-hush
- hush one's mouth
- keep it down
- pipe down
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shut up
- sit on
- strike dumb
- clam
- dampen
- deaden
- dull
- extinguish
- gag
- hush
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- shush
- soft pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- choke off
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dumb
- dummy up
- hold one's tongue
- hush-hush
- hush one's mouth
- keep it down
- pipe down
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shut up
- sit on
- strike dumb
- clam
- dampen
- deaden
- dull
- extinguish
- gag
- hush
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quieten
- soft pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- choke off
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dumb
- dummy up
- hold one's tongue
- hush-hush
- hush one's mouth
- keep it down
- pipe down
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shut up
- sit on
- strike dumb
- choke
- constrain
- muzzle
- suppress
- balk
- cork
- curb
- deaden
- demur
- garrote
- muffle
- obstruct
- quiet
- repress
- restrain
- shy
- squash
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- stumble
- throttle
- tongue-tie
- bottle up
- cork up
- keep the lid on
- put the lid on
- shut down
- tape up
antonyms for tongue tied
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How to use tongue tied in a sentence
“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYNow first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSThe flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSEach sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRIf she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSOne of Yung Pak's favourite toys was a wooden jumping-jack with a pasteboard tongue.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEHe was given no reply save a muttered curse, a command to hold his tongue, and an angry tug at his tied arms.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYHe was a pretty bright sort, that same Goodell, quick-witted, nimble of tongue above the average Englishman.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRBut they have tied their credit system in the bonds of narrow banking laws and their trade in those of a cramping tariff.
READINGS IN MONEY AND BANKINGCHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPSA curious incident: during the night a Fleet-sweeper tied up alongside, full of wounded, chiefly Australians.
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