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tongued

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /tʌŋd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌŋd
  • CMU ARPABET: T AH1 NG D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Resembling a tongue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having a particular manner of speaking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable

Examples

  • He's a sharp-toungued boy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having a tongue for towing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: tongueless

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of tongue

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tongued shoes
  • tongued boards
  • toungued lightning
  • long-tongued

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: tongueless

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • golden-tongued
  • sharp-tongued

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English tonged, tunged, equivalent to tongue + -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”).