Word: tongue-tied
Category: tongue-tied
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Synonyms: tongue-tied
lost for words, speechless, unable to get a word out, struck dumb, dumbstruck, mute, dumb, silent, mum, incoherent
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spanish
Translations:
tímido, lengua trabada, traba la lengua, la lengua trabada
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german
Translations:
stumm, sprachlos
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french
Translations:
muet, langue liée, la langue liée, sans voix
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italian
Translations:
muto, lingua legata, ammutolito, la lingua legata
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portuguese
Translations:
calado, a língua presa, língua presa, com a língua presa
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dutch
Translations:
sprakeloos, mond vol tanden, de mond vol tanden, met stomheid geslagen, hun mond vol tanden
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russian
Translations:
косноязычный, косноязычным, косноязычен, косноязычие, косноязычны
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norwegian
Translations:
stum, målløs
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swedish
Translations:
tunghäfta
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finnish
Translations:
tuppisuuna, mykistynyt
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danish
Translations:
mundlam, stum, talegaven klik
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czech
Translations:
nemluvný, svázaný jazyk, málomluvný, mlčící, neschopný slova
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polish
Translations:
onieśmielony
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hungarian
Translations:
beszédhibás, szótlan, kuka, hallgatag, kukává
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turkish
Translations:
suskun, konuşamamak, dili bağlı, dili tutulmak, konuşmayan
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greek
Translations:
γλωσσοδεμένος, σιωπηλός, γλωσοδέτη, αρθρώσω, να αρθρώσω
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ukrainian
Translations:
недорікуватий
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albanian
Translations:
gojëmbyllur, gjuhën të shkurtër, në gjuhën të shkurtër, i bukosur, me gojë kyçur
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bulgarian
Translations:
онемял, дефект в говора, с къса юздичка, с дефект в говора, къса юздичка
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belarusian
Translations:
коснаязыка, гугняўца, неразмоўных, некаснаязыкага, гаркавыя
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estonian
Translations:
kidakeelne, keeletu, Mykistynyt, Tuppisuuna, kidakeelsed
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croatian
Translations:
tepav, mutav, mucav, zavezanog jezika, nijem
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icelandic
Translations:
tungu, tunga, í tungu, tungan, og tunga
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lithuanian
Translations:
šveplas, gėrybių kalboje, netekęs žado, Onieśmielony, bekalbis
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latvian
Translations:
nerunīgs, nerunīgi, kluss
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macedonian
Translations:
јазикот-, јазичести
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romanian
Translations:
legat, legate, legată, legat de, legata
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slovenian
Translations:
Tepav
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slovak
Translations:
nehovoriaci, tichý, mlčanlivý, nemluvně, mlčanlivého
The meaning and "use of": tongue-tied
adjective
- too shy or embarrassed to speak. - Neither could really speak, being tongue-tied and breathless.
- having a malformation restricting the movement of the tongue. - I was born tongue-tied in the most literal sense: the tissue connecting my tongue to the floor of my mouth was short and thick, limiting lingual movement.
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