Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Stammering (Imperfect Speech)

Nouns
  • inarticulateness
  • stammering etc. v.
  • hesitation etc. v.
  • impediment in one's speech
  • titubancy, traulism
  • whisper etc. (faint sound) Faintness
  • lisp, drawl, tardiloquence
  • nasal tone, nasal accent
  • twang
  • falsetto etc. (want of voice) Aphony
  • broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences. brogue etc. Neologism
  • slip of the tongue
Verbs
  • stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer
  • balbutiate, balbucinate, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together. mumble, mutter
  • maud, mauder
  • whisper etc. Faintness
  • 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.
Adjectives
  • stammering etc. v.
  • inarticulate, guttural, nasal
  • tremulous
  • affected.