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Stammering

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Concept: [Imperfect Speech.] Stammering.
Category: 2. Conventional means; spoken language
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stammering; inarticulate, guttural, nasal; tremulous; affected.
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Main Entry: broken
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stuttering in speech
Synonyms: disjointed, halting, hesitant, hesitating, imperfect, incoherent, mumbled, muttered, stammering, unintelligible, weak
Antonyms: continuous, flowing
Main Entry: halting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hesitant
Synonyms: awkward, bumbling, claudicant, clumsy, doubtful, faltering, gauche, imperfect, indecisive, inept, irresolute, labored, limping, lumbering, maladroit, slow, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentative, uncertain, unhandy, vacillating, vacillatory, wavering, wooden
Antonyms: flowing, smooth, unhesitating
Main Entry: inarticulate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unable to speak well
Synonyms: blurred, dumb, faltering, halting, hesitant, hesitating, inaudible, incoherent, incomprehensible, indistinct, maundering, muffled, mumbled, mumbling, mute, obscure, reticent, silent, speechless, stammering, tongue-tied, unclear, unintelligible, unspoken, unuttered, unvocal, unvoiced, vague, voiceless, wordless
Antonyms: articulate, communicative
Main Entry: incoherent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unintelligible
Synonyms: breathless, confused, disconnected, discontinuous, discordant, disjointed, disordered, dumb, faltering, inarticulate, incohesive, incomprehensible, incongruous, inconsistent, indistinct, indistinguishable, irrational, jumbled, maundering, muddled, muffled, mumbling, mute, muttered, puzzling, rambling, stammering, stuttering, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, unconnected, uncoordinated, uneven, unvocal, wandering, wild
Antonyms: coherent, intelligible, understandable
Main Entry: tongue-tied
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unable to speak
Synonyms: aghast, amazed, astounded, at a loss for words, bashful, choked up, dazed, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, garbled, inarticulate, mum, mute, shocked, shy, silent, speechless, stammering, uncommunicative, voiceless
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Concept: Irresolution.
Category: 1. Acts of volition
Synonyms:
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irresolute, infirm of purpose, double-minded, half-hearted; undecided, unresolved, undetermined; shilly-shally; fidgety, tremulous; hesitating; off one's balance; at a loss (uncertain)., vacillating; unsteady (changeable); unsteadfast, fickle, without ballast; capricious; volatile, frothy; light, lightsome, lightminded; giddy; fast and loose., weak, feeble-minded, frail; timid, wimpish, wimpy; cowardly; dough-faced [U.S.]; facile; pliant (soft); unable to say "no", easygoing, revocable, reversible.
Antonyms: resolution, obstinacy
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