-tonguedsuffix
uk/ -tʌŋd/us/ -tʌŋd/used to form adjectives that describe the way someone uses words to express their ideas and feelings:
Coleman plays the part of the sharp-tongued (= severe and critical) lawyer.
He was younger than her, in his forties, and had a silver-tongued charm (= said charming things).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- undertone
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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