tongue-tied

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Adjective tongue-tied has 1 sense

incoherent, tongue-tied - unable to express yourself clearly or fluently; "felt tongue-tied with embarrassment"; "incoherent with grief"
Antonym: articulate (indirect, via inarticulate)

Verb tongue-tie has 1 sense

tongue-tie - deprive of speech; "When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied"
--₁ is one way to deprive
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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