Thesaurus / tongue-tied

tongue-tied

synonyms for tongue-tied

On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tongue-tied, such as: amazed, astounded, dazed, dumbfounded, garbled, and mute.

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At this impudent and barefaced falsehood, the agent was tongue-tied, but he turned to Hank.

She 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 GASKELL

For fear of getting tongue-tied again, I set right in, with a steady stream of talk.

He felt tongue-tied, more than usually awkward, terribly and shamefully nervous.

Even though I'd told the story three times that night, I found myself tongue-tied.

I was incapable of finding a suitable reply, and stood, tongue-tied, staring foolishly at the old man.

And Mahbub stared deliberately at the Englishman, who stared as deliberately at Kim, quivering and tongue-tied.

KIMRUDYARD KIPLING

I suppose because I am so tongue-tied with other people I pour forth everything upon you.

Billie had never been alone like this with Teddy before, and she was wondering why it made her tongue-tied.

I saw no way to clear her, and had there been the plainest way, dumb rage would still have held me tongue-tied.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985