Word Meanings - SMOOTH-SPOKEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.

Related words: (words related to SMOOTH-SPOKEN)

• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• FLATTER
  1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• TONGUELET
  A little tongue.
• TONGUE-SHELL
  Any species of Lingula.
• FLATTERY
  The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver
• SMOOTH-CHINNED
  Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
• PLAUSIBLENESS
  Quality of being plausible.
• SMOOTHLY
  In a smooth manner.
• PLAUSIBLE
  1. Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. Bp. Hacket. 2. Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion. "Plausible and
• TONGUESTER
  One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall. Tennyson.
• FLATTERINGLY
  With flattery.
• SPEAKERSHIP
  The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives.
• SMOOTH-SPOKEN
  Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
• SMOOTHER
  One who, or that which, smooths.
• TONGUED
  Having a tongue. Tongued like the night crow. Donne.
• TONGUE-TIED
  1. Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short frænum. 2. Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause. Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity. Shak.
• SPEAKER
  1. One who speaks. Specifically: One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker. One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides
• TONGUE-PAD
  A great talker.
• SMOOTHING
  fr. Smooth, v. Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. -- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.
• SERPENT-TONGUED
  Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.
• BEFLATTER
  To flatter excessively.
• HONEY-TONGUED
  Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.
• SHRILL-TONGUED
  Having a shrill voice. "When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds." Shak.
• BESPEAKER
  One who bespeaks.
• ADDER'S-TONGUE
  A genus of ferns , whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray.
• OUTSPEAK
  1. To exceed in speaking. 2. To speak openly or boldly. T. Campbell. 3. To express more than. Shak.
• LONG-TONGUE
  The wryneck.
• UNBESPEAK
  To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. Pepys.
• PLEASANT-TONGUED
  Of pleasing speech.
• TRUMPET-TONGUED
  Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.