Do thou what's straight still crooked deem; Thy greatest art still stupid seem, And eloquence a stammering scream.
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Stammering
Synonyms for "stammering" (54 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
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Translations
28 translations across 14 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- belbëzim noun (act of stammering)
Bulgarian
2 entries- заекване noun (act of stammering)
- пелтечене noun (act of stammering)
Czech
1 entries- koktání noun (act of stammering)
Danish
1 entries- stammen noun (act of stammering)
Dutch
2 entries- gestamel noun (act of stammering)
- gestotter noun (act of stammering)
French
3 entries- bafouillage noun (act of stammering)
- balbutiement noun (act of stammering)
- bégaiement noun (act of stammering)
German
1 entries- Gestotter noun (act of stammering)
Irish
4 entries- bailbhe noun (act of stammering)
- balbhántaíocht noun (act of stammering)
- snagaireacht noun (act of stammering)
- stadaireacht noun (act of stammering)
Italian
4 entries- balbettamento noun (act of stammering)
- balbettio noun (act of stammering)
- ciangottio noun (act of stammering)
- tartagliamento noun (act of stammering)
Latin
3 entries- haesitantia noun (act of stammering)
- haesitātiō noun (act of stammering)
- titubātiō noun (act of stammering)
Russian
1 entries- заика́ние noun (act of stammering)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mȕcānje noun (act of stammering)
- му̏ца̄ње noun (act of stammering)
Spanish
1 entries- tartamudeo noun (act of stammering)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagkautal noun (act of stammering)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Then I, with stammering accents, intercede, / and, sore perplext, these broken words outthrow / to calm her transport:
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I was stammering.
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Antonio was stammering in fear.
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