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TONGUE-TIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tongue-tied mean? 

TONGUE-TIED (adjective)
  The adjective TONGUE-TIED has 1 sense:

1. unable to express yourself clearly or fluentlyplay

  Familiarity information: TONGUE-TIED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TONGUE-TIED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently

Synonyms:

incoherent; tongue-tied

Context example:

incoherent with grief

Similar:

inarticulate; unarticulate (without or deprived of the use of speech or words)


 Context examples 


He had never been so tongue-tied in his life.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Tongue-tied by inexperience and by excess of ardor, wooing unwittingly and awkwardly, Martin continued his approach by contact.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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