About The Word Inarticulate
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Inarticulate
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What's The Definition Of Inarticulate?
[adj] without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommital"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Inarticulate: aphasic | aphonic | dumb | groaning | grunting | incoherent | moaning | mute | silent | speechless | stammering(a) | stuttering(a) | tongueless | tongue-tied | unarticulate | unarticulated | unspoken | voiceless | wordless Related Terms | Find terms related to Inarticulate: 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 | Greek to one | 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 | tongueless | tongue-tied | tremulous | twangy | unclear | unconnected | undeclared | unexpressed | unfathomable | unintelligible | unknowable | unsaid | unsearchable | unspoken | unuttered | velar | voiceless | wild | wordless See Also | incommunicative | uncommunicative Inarticulate In Webster's Dictionary \In`ar*tic"u*late\, a. [L. inarticulatus; pref. in-
not + articulatus articulate.]
1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible
distinctness, as speech or words.
Music which is inarticulate poesy. --Dryden.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body
segments; as, an inarticulate worm.
(b) Without a hinge; -- said of an order ({Inarticulata}
or {Ecardines}) of brachiopods.
3. Incapable of articulating. [R.]
The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy.
--Walpole.
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