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mispronounce
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb mispronounce has 1 sense
- mispronounce(v = verb.communication) misspeak - pronounce a word incorrectly; "She mispronounces many Latinate words" is one way to articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out
Derived form noun mispronunciation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mispronounce, v.tr. pronounce (a word etc.) wrongly.
Derivative
mispronunciation n.
ROGET THESAURUS
mispronounce
Stammering
VB stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer, balbutiate, balbucinate, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together, mumble, mutter, maud, mauder, whisper, mince, lisp, jabber, gibber, sputter, splutter, muffle, mump, drawl, mouth, croak, speak thick, speak through the nose, snuffle, clip one's words, murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English, mispronounce, missay.
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