English-Thai Dictionary

tongue-tied

ADJ ซึ่ง พูดไม่ออก  ซึ่ง พูด ติดขัด  sueng-phud-mai-ook

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TONGUE-TIED, TUNG-TIED

a.Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech. 1. Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.
Love and tongue-tied simplicity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TONGUE-TIED

TONGUE-TIED Tongue "-tied `, a.

 

1. Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short frænum.

 

2. Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause. Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tongue-tied

tongue-tied |ˈtəŋ ˌtaɪd | ▶adjective 1 too shy or embarrassed to speak. 2 having a malformation restricting the movement of the tongue.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tongue-tied

tongue-tied ▶adjective 1 too shy or embarrassed to speak: Barbara was tongue-tied in the presence of her parents. 2 having a malformation restricting the movement of the tongue.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tongue-tied

tongue-tied adjective he was tongue-tied with strangers: lost for words, speechless, unable to get a word out, struck dumb, dumbstruck; mute, dumb, silent; informal mum. ANTONYMS loquacious.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tongue-tied

tongue-tied adjective usually he was tongue-tied with strangers: lost for words, at a loss for words, struck dumb, dumbstruck, bereft of speech, speechless, wordless, unable to get a word out, inarticulate; mute, dumb, voiceless, silent; informal mum; rare dumbstricken, mumchance, obmutescent. ANTONYMS loquacious, articulate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tongue-tied

t ó ngue-t ì ed 形容詞 〖通例be ～〗舌のもつれた, 舌足らずの ; (恥ずかしくて )口ごもった .