verb
- Deprive of speech.
- usage: "When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied"
- synonyms: tongue-tie
adjective
- Unable to express yourself clearly or fluently.
- usage: "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief"
- synonyms: incoherent
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