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Synonyms for stutter
ˈstʌt ərstut·ter

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  1. stutternoun

    Synonyms:
    stammer

  2. stutterverb

    To speak with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.

    Synonyms:
    stammer

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. stammer, stutterverb

    a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

    Synonyms:
    stammer

  2. bumble, stutter, stammer, falterverb

    speak haltingly

    "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

    Synonyms:
    spoil, bobble, bungle, bollocks, mishandle, falter, bollix, bumble, foul up, bodge, flub, fumble, botch up, fluff, ball up, screw up, stumble, waver, mess up, blow, bollix up, botch, stammer, muck up, louse up, bollocks up, muff

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stutterverb

    Synonyms:
    stammer, hesitate, falter

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How to use stutter in a sentence?

  1. Logan Pearsall Smith:

    We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stutter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once.

  2. Carrie Fisher:

    It was brutal, it was really, really brutal, and I still hesitate and stutter because it’s really hard for me.

  3. Bille Lourd:

    It was brutal. It was really, really brutal, and I still hesitate and stutter because it’s really hard for me.

  4. Joe Biden:

    The idea that I'd be intimidated by Donald Trump, joe Biden's Joe Biden that I knew my whole life. Joe Biden's Joe Biden that I've always stood up to. Joe Biden's the bully that used to make fun when I was a kid that I stutter, and I'd smack Joe Biden in the mouth.

  5. Rufus Gifford:

    My amazing niece and goddaughter Avery has struggled with a stutter much of her life. She was just told by a guy who knows a little something about it that she can be anything she wants to in this world.


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