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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tongue-tied, such as: amazed, astounded, dazed, dumbfounded, garbled, and mute.
How to use tongue-tied in a sentence
At this impudent and barefaced falsehood, the agent was tongue-tied, but he turned to Hank.
THE BOY WITH THE U. S. FISHERIESFRANCIS ROLT-WHEELERShe was unwilling to speak; she wanted to make Frederick understand what kind of person Mr. Thornton was—but she was tongue-tied.
NORTH AND SOUTHELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELLFor fear of getting tongue-tied again, I set right in, with a steady stream of talk.
THE PORTLAND SKETCH BOOKVARIOUSHe felt tongue-tied, more than usually awkward, terribly and shamefully nervous.
THE IMAGINARY MARRIAGEHENRY ST. JOHN COOPEREven though I'd told the story three times that night, I found myself tongue-tied.
LITTLE BROTHERCORY DOCTOROWI was incapable of finding a suitable reply, and stood, tongue-tied, staring foolishly at the old man.
THE BLUE GERMMARTIN SWAYNEAnd Mahbub stared deliberately at the Englishman, who stared as deliberately at Kim, quivering and tongue-tied.
KIMRUDYARD KIPLINGI suppose because I am so tongue-tied with other people I pour forth everything upon you.
THE GIRL SCOUTS IN BEECHWOOD FORESTMARGARET VANDERCOOKBillie had never been alone like this with Teddy before, and she was wondering why it made her tongue-tied.
BILLIE BRADLEY ON LIGHTHOUSE ISLANDJANET D. WHEELERI saw no way to clear her, and had there been the plainest way, dumb rage would still have held me tongue-tied.
THE MASTER OF APPLEBYFRANCIS LYNDEWORDS RELATED TO TONGUE-TIED
- breathless
- confused
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- discordant
- disjointed
- disordered
- dumb
- faltering
- inarticulate
- incohesive
- incomprehensible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- indistinct
- indistinguishable
- irrational
- jumbled
- maundering
- muddled
- muffled
- mumbling
- mute
- muttered
- puzzling
- rambling
- stammering
- stuttering
- tongue-tied
- uncommunicative
- unconnected
- uncoordinated
- uneven
- unvocal
- wandering
- wild
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.