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Meaning of "smooth-tongued" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SMOOTH-TONGUED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMOOTH-TONGUED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Smooth-Tongued is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SMOOTH-TONGUED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of smooth-tongued in the English dictionary

The definition of smooth-tongued in the dictionary is suave or persuasive in speech.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMOOTH-TONGUED

smooth muscle
smooth over
smooth snake
smooth-faced
smooth-running
smooth-shaven
smooth-spoken
smooth-talk
smooth-talker
smooth-talking
smoothable
smoothbore
smoothbored
smoothen
smoother
smoothie
smoothies
smoothing circuit
smoothing iron
smoothish

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMOOTH-TONGUED

agued
double-tongued
epilogued
fatigued
langued
leagued
loose-tongued
sharp-tongued
silver-tongued
tongued
unargued
uncatalogued
unplagued
well-argued

Synonyms and antonyms of smooth-tongued in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «smooth-tongued» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMOOTH-TONGUED

Find out the translation of smooth-tongued to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of smooth-tongued from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smooth-tongued» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

光滑舌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

meloso
570 millions of speakers

English

smooth-tongued
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चिकनी मारता हुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على نحو سلس اللسان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гладкая на язык
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

suave de língua
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মসৃণ জিভাযুক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enjôleur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lancar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

glattzüngigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

滑らかな舌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부드러운 혀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alus banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngọt ngào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான வேலைக்காரர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुळगुळीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iki yüzlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

liscia dalla lingua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piórem gładkich
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гладка на мову
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

buna - lambă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λείο - γλωσσίδια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gladde tong
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slät - spontat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glatt - tongued
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of smooth-tongued

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMOOTH-TONGUED»

The term «smooth-tongued» is used very little and occupies the 161.512 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMOOTH-TONGUED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about smooth-tongued

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMOOTH-TONGUED»

Discover the use of smooth-tongued in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smooth-tongued and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel ...
Bland, mild, soothing, oily, flattering, adulatory, courtier-like, fair-spoken, smooth- spoken, smooth-tongued. Smooth, v. a. 1. Level, flatten, make smooth. 2. Ease, make easy. 3. Calm, allay, assuage, mollify, mitigate, alleviate. Smoothspoken, a.
Richard Soule, 1871
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The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth ...
GORA. Nay, hark! Iwarned thee. I said: "Flee these strangers, new-come; most of all flee this man, Their leader smooth-tongued, the dissembler, the traitor!" MEDEA. "Smooth-tongued, the dissembler, the traitor" —were these thy words? GORA.
Various Authors
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How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
This refers to Demetrius, the Greek king, who wished to enter Jerusalem on the advice of “smooth-tongued interpreters.” But he could not do so, for God did not give Jerusalem into the hands of the Greek kings, from the time of Antiochus ...
James L. Kugel, 2007
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Lectures on Female Prostitution: Its Nature, Extent, ...
smooth-tongued. courtesy. I. should. conceive. myself. to. be. equally. insulting. the. understandings,. and. outraging. the. feelings,. of. any. audience. but. one. corn-. generations, to prove that any such personalities exist, or ever did exist ; and, ...
Ralph Wardlaw, 1843
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Sly, cunning, insinuating. Sc. Gloss (1190) 115. add. (C.) [Amen He's slicker 'n sin , an' he mought a' run the picket lines at night Haaltts Tabs, 942.] Hence (1) Slick- faced, 5;]. any. hollow; hypocritical; (a) Slick-tongued, pp]. a j. smooth-tongued, ...
Joseph Wright
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The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus
adv. smoothly, a smooth-tongued insincerely flattering. DO smooth' a-ble adj. smooth'er n. smooth'ish adj. smooth'ly am smooth 'ness n. • adj. 1 flush, flat, level, plane; unbroken. 2 unwrinkled, uniform, slick, sleek; silky, velvety, satiny; hairless , ...
Elizabeth Jewell, 2006
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Opus epithetorum [by J. Jermyn, a specimen of his Book of ...
throttling BROWNE 'Babbling SHAKSP. fattling DRAYTON Smooth tongued WARN ER- Rural Rock-born Wild Trembling Capering Rolling Swelling Sounding Rebounding: DARWIN GRiEME HERBERT WELSTED- RAWLINS PITT SAVAGE P.
James Jermyn, 1815
8
Don't Count on It!: Reflections on Investment Illusions, ...
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth- tongued wizards withdrew And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four And the Gods of ...
John C. Bogle, 2010
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An essay on the archaiology of popular English phrases and ...
Our smooth-tongued Limitour is gone to her who is never tired of seeing his silver locks, and who is easily duped by any idle tale he can trump up. Cant on for ever, you fluent clever scout! The smooth-tongued Limitour wheedles out what he ...
John Bellenden Ker, 1834
10
The school for scandal, a comedy. With a biographical ...
As for that smooth-tongued hypocrite (2), who would have seduced the wife of his too credulous friend , while he affected honourable addresses (3) to his ward — I behold him now in a light so truly despicable , that I shall never again respect ...
Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan, J W Lake, 1833

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMOOTH-TONGUED»

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NZ's smooth-tongued country singer joins Melbourne's best for Beatles tribute. by: Annika Priest; From: Melbourne Leader; July 02, 2015 12:00AM. Increase Text ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
2
Vested interests underlie calls for tow-truck rules
The gullible radio host swallowed every smooth-tongued word and agreed that ... Pierce the veil of smooth-tongued rhetoric and you find vested interests behind ... «BDlive, Jun 15»
3
Fleet-footed heroines, talking robots and smooth-tongued con artists …
Fleet-footed heroines, talking robots and smooth-tongued con artists in the theatres this week. Navdeep Singh's NH10, starring Anushka Sharma, is the week's ... «Scroll.in, Mar 15»
4
North Korea wanted respect, so they got James Clapper
For past visits to the unpredictable and reclusive country, the United States has sent smooth-tongued luminaries such as former Presidents Bill Clinton and ... «CBS News, Nov 14»
5
Why We Don't Like Politicians
My brothers, my sisters, it wasn't ever going to happen that a smooth-tongued office seeker was going to set America right — or whatever it was we supposed he ... «American Spectator, Nov 14»
6
My Turn: SB21 myths are 'baloney marinated in oil'
Be wary of the slick and smooth-tongued big money campaigns, which are trying to mislead you. A few core points may be kept in mind to help you vote “yes” on ... «Juneau Empire, Aug 14»
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A smooth-tongued Bishops' boy
There's a conman on the loose in the Western Cape. He may be small fry, but he's slick and he's caused a lot of grief, so be careful if you meet a man called ... «Noseweek, Jul 14»
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Le Youth 'Feel Your Love' ft. Javeon
... JAXX on Friday night Rage sessions: playful, spry-fingered keys ricocheting under falsetto vocal hooks, courtesy of smooth-tongued pop prince JAVEON. «Purple Sneakers, Jun 14»
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Ukraine poll leader Poroshenko offers hope of end to crisis
As Petro Poroshenko, a smooth-tongued, pro-western billionaire oligarch, pulls up in a Mercedes, the crowd parts for him to get to the stage on what is still Lenin ... «Financial Times, May 14»
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America's Endless Search for a 'Moderate' Iranian President
Yet time and again, the so called “moderate” Iranian presidents proved to be smooth-tongued fellows outwardly, while inside Iran they permitted murders, ... «FrontPage Magazine, Oct 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Smooth-Tongued [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/smooth-tongued>. Apr 2024 ».
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