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- DictionaryDumb/dəm/
adjective
- 1. temporarily unable or unwilling to speak: "she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse"
- 2. (of a person) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness: dated, offensive "he was born deaf, dumb, and blind"
verb
- 1. make dumb or unheard; silence: literary "a splendor that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue"
1. a. : lacking intelligence : stupid. pretended to be dumb. b. : showing a lack of intelligence. asking dumb questions. a dumb look on his face. c. : requiring no intelligence. dumb luck. 2. a. : lacking the human power of speech. dumb animals. b. dated, offensive, of a person; see usage paragraph below : lacking the ability to speak : mute.
adjective. , dumb·er, dumb·est. lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted. lacking the power of speech (offensive when applied to humans): a dumb animal. temporarily unable to speak: dumb with astonishment. refraining from any or much speech; silent. made, done, etc., without speech.
DUMB meaning: 1. unable to speak: 2. temporarily unable to speak, for example because you are very surprised or…. Learn more.
Definitions of dumb. adjective. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity. “ dumb officials make some really dumb decisions” synonyms: dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow. stupid. lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity. adjective. lacking the power of human speech. “ dumb animals” synonyms: inarticulate, unarticulate.
Definition of dumb adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of dumb – Learner’s Dictionary. dumb. adjective. uk / dʌm / us. dumb adjective (STUPID) Add to word list. stupid: a dumb idea / question. He's too dumb to understand. dumb adjective (UNABLE TO TALK) physically unable to talk. dumbly. adverb. Idioms. be struck dumb.
1. a. Lacking the power of speech. Used of animals and inanimate objects. b. Offensive Incapable of using speech; mute. Used of humans. See Usage Note at mute. 2. Temporarily speechless, as with shock or fear: I was dumb with disbelief. 3. Unwilling to speak; taciturn. 4. Not expressed or articulated in sounds or words: dumb resentment. 5.
