Roget's Thesaurus

#583. Stammering

Nouns

inarticulateness; stammering etc. v.; hesitation etc. v.; impediment in one's speech; titubancy, traulism; whisper etc. (faint sound) 405; lisp, drawl, tardiloquence; nasal tone, nasal accent; twang; falsetto etc. (want of voice) 581; broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences. brogue etc. 563; slip of the tongue, lapsus linouae [Lat.].

Verbs

stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer; balbutiate, balbucinate, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together. mumble, mutter; maud, mauder; whisper etc. 405; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay.

Adjectives

stammering etc. v.; inarticulate, guttural, nasal; tremulous; affected.

Adverbs

sotto voce [Lat.] etc. (faintly) 405.