slurred speech
Words running together
Slurred speech is speech with indistinct articulation—words running together, consonants softened, syllables blurred.
It typically signals intoxication, extreme fatigue, or neurological impairment: The officer noted his slurred speech and unsteady gait.
Sudden onset of slurred speech can indicate stroke and requires immediate medical attention.
- mumbledSpoke indistinctly
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
- drunkImpaired by alcohol
- intoxicatedAffected by alcohol
- under the influenceImpaired by substances
tongue · alcohol · stroke · brain injury · emergency room · drowsy · incoherent · thick · heavy · medication · sedated · sluggish · impaired · dizzy · stumbling · woozy · numbness · mouth
- drinking humorbar jokes, bartender jokes, hangover jokes, beer pong, drinking games
- intoxication effectseuphoria, dizziness, drowsiness, confusion, relaxation
- neurological symptomsnumbness, tremor, paralysis, aphasia, ataxia
- speech disordersstuttering, stammering, stammer, dysarthria, lisp
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- brain symptomsamnesia, aphasia, agnosia, apraxia, confusion