Not uttered with articulation or junction of the organs of speech; not articulate; not distinct, or with distinction of syllables. The sounds of brutes and fowls are, for the most part, inarticulate
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.
2. Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm.
4. Incapable of articulating.
Not articulated; not jointed or connected by a joint.
Not with distinct syllables; indistinctly.
In an inarticulate manner.
Indistinctness of utterance by animal voices; want of distinct articulation.
The state or quality of being inarticulate.
Aphony Roget’s Thesaurus §581
N. aphony, aphonia, dumbness, obmutescence, absence of voice, want of voice, dysphony, cacoepy, silence, raucity, harsh voice, unmusical voice, falsetto, "childish treble mute", dummy
V. keep silence, speak low, speak softly, whisper, silence, render mute, render silent, muzzle, muffle, suppress, smother, gag, strike dumb, dumfounder, drown the voice, put to silence, stop one's mouth, cut one short, stick in the throat
Adj. 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
Adv. with bated breath, with the finger on the lips, sotto voce, in a low tone, in a cracked voice, in a broken voice
Phr. vox faucibus haesit
Stammering Roget’s Thesaurus §583
N. 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
V. 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
Adv. sotto voce
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