incoherent

Examples

• All

• In ten seconds he'll look like any other drunk at the party, incoherent and completely pliable.

  Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

• Patients who were incoherent or had pressure sores were classified as having very poor functional status.

  Academic text (2008)

• When we arrived, the boy was incoherent.

  Outbreak (1995)

• When I questioned her about them, she seemed to be incoherent.

  Jungle Woman (1944)

• You are often incoherent, and then when you do make sense, you are surly and rude.

  The Gordon Affair (2021)

• The woman mumbled something incoherent and struggled to her feet.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I am in the company of a blank-eyed, distracted, incoherent kid.

  Fiction book (2001)

• After Wade loses his job, he storms into the house in an incoherent rage.

  Academic text (2017)

• I'm Steve Carson, and I'm incoherent at this point, but you'll have to bear with me.

• After the accident, she was in such an incoherent state that no one could understand her words.

Synonyms

M

mixed-up

vsincoherent

• Informal

82 4.9

Confused and unsure because different ideas or instructions do not agree

is about feeling confused by conflicting facts rather than being unable to express clearly

I

inarticulate

vsincoherent

9 7.4

Not able to speak clearly or find the right words

is usually due to emotion, confusion, or illness rather than general inability

T

tongue-tied

vsincoherent

9 5.8

Unable to speak easily because you are nervous or embarrassed

is not limited to nervousness but also appears from illness or confusion

I

indecipherable

vsincoherent

8 8.8

Too hard to read or understand

refers to a speaker's temporary failure to speak clearly rather than a text's unreadability

M

muddled

vsincoherent

7 5.4

Confused and not in clear order so hard to understand

is specifically an inability to express clearly because of emotion, confusion, or illness

A

addled

vsincoherent

6 7.3

Confused and unable to think clearly

is more about a confused mind than specifically failing to speak or write clearly

I

ineloquent

vsincoherent

7.5

Not able to speak or write clearly so others understand

is often a temporary inability caused by emotion, confusion, or illness

D

disconnected

vsincoherent

5.1

Having parts or ideas that do not fit together clearly

is often caused by emotion, confusion, or illness rather than only bad structure

I

inapprehensible

vsincoherent

9.9

Hard to understand or explain

is about a person's unclear speech caused by emotion or illness rather than inherent unknowability

Antonyms

C

clear

∞ 1.0

Easy to understand and not confusing

A

articulate

64 4.6

Able to express ideas clearly in speech or writing

How Coherent

fluent

4 2.8

clear

∞ 1.0

incoherent

11 7.2

inarticulate

9 7.4

halting

6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology