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[ sil-ver-tuhngd ] / ˈsɪl vərˈtʌŋd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR silver-tongued ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepersuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator. VIDEO FOR SILVER-TONGUEDWATCH NOW: Silver-tongued: Visual Word of the DayAs charming as a silver bell. MORE VIDEOS FROM DICTIONARY.COM Origin of silver-tonguedFirst recorded in 1585–95; silver + tongue + -ed3 Words nearby silver-tonguedSilver State, silver surfer, silvertail, silver thaw, silvertip, silver-tongued, silver trout, silver vine, silverware, silver wattle, silver wedding Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for silver-tonguedAnd the truth is he will never become a cool, smooth, silver-tongued orator. Mitt Romney’s Evangelical Problem|Michelle Goldberg|October 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST "There is no necessity for me to be silver-tongued with you," was the reply. The Slave of the Mine|Bracebridge Hemyng The lieutenant's heroism served as a peg from which the silver-tongued ones turned themselves loose and kicked. American Notes|Rudyard Kipling "Musica" was the nickname of the silver-tongued professor-politician. Romantic Spain|John Augustus O'Shea
Every one of the Silver-tongued Family is spotted when it gets its first feathers. Citizen Bird|Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues Robert McGinnis was no silver-tongued orator, but he knew his subject, and his heart was in it. The Turn of the Tide|Eleanor H. Porter
British Dictionary definitions for silver-tongued
adjectivepersuasive; eloquentsilver-tongued salesman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Content related to silver-tonguedSilver-tongued: Visual Word of the DayTo be silver-tongued is to be persuasive or eloquent, named after the pleasing sound of a silver bell. Silver-tongued: Visual Word of the DayTo be silver-tongued is to be persuasive or eloquent, named after the pleasing sound of a silver bell. Words related to silver-tonguedfluent, glib, oratorical |