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Synonyms & Antonyms of stammering
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in stuttering, mumbling
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for stammering
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for stammering
stammering
verbpresent participle of stammer
Synonyms & Antonyms of stammering (Entry 2 of 2)
to speak with many pauses and repetitions
- He stammers when he's nervous.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for stammering
- babbling,
- bumbling,
- chattering,
- chatting,
- driveling
- (or drivelling),
- drooling,
- gabbling,
- gibbering,
- jabbering,
- prattling,
- sputtering
- blabbering,
- blathering,
- bleating,
- blithering,
- gabbing,
- jangling,
- jawing,
- pattering,
- prating,
- rattling,
- running on,
- smattering,
- tittle-tattling,
- trolling,
- yakking
- (also yacking)
- chuntering
- [British],
- maundering,
- mouthing,
- mumbling,
- murmuring,
- muttering
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