Synonyms: unarticulate, inarticulate
Definition: without or deprived of the use of speech or words
Usage: inarticulate beasts; remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal; inarticulate with rage; an inarticulate cry
Similar words: aphasic
Definition: unable to speak because of a brain lesion
Similar words: aphonic, voiceless
Definition: being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
Similar words: mute, dumb, silent
Definition: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Similar words: dumb
Definition: lacking the power of human speech
Usage: dumb animals
Similar words: incoherent, tongue-tied
Definition: unable to express yourself clearly or fluently
Usage: felt tongue-tied with embarrassment; incoherent with grief
Similar words: tongueless, wordless, unspoken, mute
Definition: expressed without speech
Usage: a mute appeal; a silent curse; best grief is tongueless- Emily Dickinson; the words stopped at her lips unsounded; unspoken grief; choking exasperation and wordless shame- Thomas Wolfe
Similar words: dumb, speechless
Definition: temporarily incapable of speaking
Usage: struck dumb; speechless with shock
Similar words: unarticulated
Definition: uttered without the use of normal words or syllables