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View synonyms for silver-tongued

silver-tongued

[ sil-ver-tuhngd ]

adjective

  1. persuasive; eloquent:

    a silver-tongued orator.



silver-tongued

adjective

  1. persuasive; eloquent

    silver-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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of silver-tongued1

First recorded in 1585–95; silver ( def ) + tongue ( def ) + -ed 3( def )
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Example Sentences

And the truth is he will never become a cool, smooth, silver-tongued orator.

The silver-tongued chimes cut into Jerrys speech, ringing out a live little prelude before striking seven.

Northern clergymen tried to induce "silver tongued" Wendell Philips to abandon his advocacy of abolition.

And now the silver-tongued von Bethmann-Hollweg has also discovered the political virtue of silence.

My friends, we have too many orators in the pulpit, I am tired and sick of your "silver-tongued orators."

Lloyd George is what we in America, and especially those of us born in the South, call the "silver-tongued."

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