as in mute
unable to speak because you are nervous or shy
She became tongue-tied whenever he was around. He gets tongue-tied in front of crowds.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue-tied
Adjective
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To remind us that behind every mute button is a person.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025 -
Please check back again soon for the recorded video. LIVE VIDEO TO BEGIN AFTER AD Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Use up and down arrows to change volume, and spacebar or enter to toggle mute.—
Tyler Shane,
Wired News,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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In helicopter video taken by Air Maui Helicopter Tours in Lahaina and posted online the people aboard are largely speechless.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
10 Aug. 2023
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Because his work, as is often the case, leaves us almost speechless.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Consumers have gotten used to a complicated annual plan selection, confusing industry jargon, and incomprehensible coverage policies.—
Dan Gingiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Every version of it, whether recorded in a studio, live with a full orchestra or only a piano, just rails through absolutely incomprehensible storytelling (something about virgins on a spaceship?) with a lusty guitar and smashed piano chords.—
Shana Naomi Krochmal,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Bidens may have planned the cancer announcement as a smokescreen to take the focus off the coverup of his mental decline illustrated by memory lapses, stumbles and inarticulate speech patterns heard on the audio.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2025
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During arguments on Wednesday, Megan Savard — attorney for Carter Hart — said that Howden was an unsophisticated, inarticulate witness who didn’t even dress properly for court.—
Dan Robson,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The constant back-and-forth, delays, and false starts, along with the massive cost overruns associated with nuclear construction, have rendered French energy policy incoherent and placed a burden on its neighbors.—
Daniel Markind,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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And a global order that, for all its drawbacks, has made world war more of a prospect than a fact for several decades is now subject to the whims of President Trump, who has developed the most incoherent of positions: that of the bellicose unilateral noninterventionist.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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While the Trump administration was silent on the details of the document, a New York Times report described it as merely a list of bullet points, not a full draft, citing four officials familiar with the negotiations.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
1 June 2025
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Proenza Schouler leans toward a silent gesture with its mint green terry dress.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
31 May 2025
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“Tongue-tied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue-tied. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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