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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In the film, Leo, described as a mute young orphan girl with a world of thoughts inside her, and Lou, a jaded, middle-aged nihilist, take a journey together.—
John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
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Joel Kinnaman plays Brian, a regular guy who becomes a super-buff warrior after gang members accidentally kill his son and leave Brian permanently mute — hence, an action film in which there’s virtually no dialogue.—
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In helicopter video taken by Air Maui Helicopter Tours in Lahaina and posted online the people aboard are largely speechless.—
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Because his work, as is often the case, leaves us almost speechless.—
Adjective
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This is something incomprehensible to any human being.—
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The loss of Oakland’s MLB team and then the city’s greatest MLB son in the same year is an almost incomprehensible loss for fans like Peters, who feel abandoned by the league.—
Adjective
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From this, and similarly strong but inarticulate reactions, Haidt concluded that the students had arrived at their judgments impulsively.—
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At the climax of this bizarre collection of movements S… would let out a harsh, inarticulate cry.—
Adjective
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Not everything needs to open with jump scares and random inserts of loud incoherent chaos.—
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Read Article > Feb 3 Eric Levitz Donald Trump has incoherent and unhinged beliefs about trade policy.—
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Mello was succeeded by Pete Garcia, who ran FIU athletics from 2006 to 2021, and, during that time, the Hall of Fame remained silent.—
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The film investigates the silent epidemic of CRSV in Ukraine, a subject long shrouded in stigma.—
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“Tongue-tied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue-tied. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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