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inarticulate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective inarticulate has 1 sense
- inarticulate(a = adj.all) unarticulate - without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry" Antonym: articulate
CIDE DICTIONARY
inarticulate, a. [L. inarticulatus; pref. in- not + articulatus articulate.].
- Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words. [1913 Webster]"Music which is inarticulate poesy." [1913 Webster]
- Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm. [1913 Webster]
- Incapable of articulating. [1913 Webster]"The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy."
- Incapable of expressing one's ideas or feelings clearly. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
inarticulate, adj.
1 unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly.
2 (of speech) not articulate; indistinctly pronounced.
3 dumb.
4 esp. Anat. not jointed.
1 unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly.
2 (of speech) not articulate; indistinctly pronounced.
3 dumb.
4 esp. Anat. not jointed.
Derivative
inarticulately adv. inarticulateness n.
Etymology
LL inarticulatus (as IN-(1), ARTICULATE)
THESAURUS
inarticulate
Greek to one, ambiguous, anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, bashful, beyond understanding, blurred, breathless, breathy, choked, choking, confused, conscious, coy, croaking, demure, digressive, discursive, disjointed, drawling, drawly, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dysphonic, faltering, garbled, guttural, halting, harsh, hawking, hesitating, hoarse, illogical, impenetrable, implicit, implied, incognizable, incoherent, incomprehensible, indistinct, inferred, inscrutable, irrational, jumbled, lisping, maundering, mispronounced, mixed-up, mousy, muddled, muffled, mum, mumbled, mumbling, mute, muzzy, nasal, numinous, past comprehension, quavering, rambling, scrambled, self-conscious, shaking, shaky, shamefaced, shamefast, shy, silent, skittish, snuffling, speechless, stammering, stifled, strangled, stricken dumb, thick, throaty, timid, timorous, tongue-tied, tongueless, tremulous, twangy, unclear, unconnected, undeclared, unexpressed, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable, unsaid, unsearchable, unspoken, unuttered, velar, voiceless, wild, wordlessROGET THESAURUS
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Aphony
N aphony, aphonia, dumbness, obmutescence, absence of voice, want of voice, dysphony, cacoepy, silence, raucity, harsh voice &c, unmusical voice, falsetto, childish treble mute, dummy, aphonous, dumb, mute, deafmute, deaf and dumb, mum, tongue-tied, breathless, tongueless, voiceless, speechless, wordless, mute as a fish, mute as a stockfish, mute as a mackerel, silent, muzzled, inarticulate, inaudible, croaking, raucous, hoarse, husky, dry, hollow, sepulchral, hoarse as a raven, rough, with bated breath, with the finger on the lips, sotto voce, in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice, vox faucibus haesit.Stammering
N stammering, inarticulateness, stammering, hesitation, impediment in one's speech, titubancy, traulism, whisper, lisp, drawl, tardiloquence, nasal tone, nasal accent, twang, falsetto, broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences, brogue, slip of the tongue, lapsus linouae, stammering, inarticulate, guttural, nasal, tremulous, affected, sotto voce.
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