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   Dumb

   /dəm/

   

   adjective

   • 1. temporarily unable or unwilling to speak: "she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse" Similar speechlesstongue-tiedwordlesssilentat a loss for wordsvoicelessinarticulatetaciturnuncommunicativeuntalkativetight-lippedclose-mouthedsaying nothinginformal:mum
   • ▪ resulting in or expressed by speechlessness: "they stared in dumb amazement" Similar speechlesstongue-tiedwordlesssilentat a loss for wordsvoicelessinarticulatetaciturnuncommunicativeuntalkativetight-lippedclose-mouthedsaying nothinginformal:mum
   • 2. (of a person) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness: dated, offensive "he was born deaf, dumb, and blind" Similar muteunable to speakwithout the power of speechtechnical:aphasicaphonic
   • ▪ (of animals) unable to speak as a natural state and thus regarded as helpless or deserving pity.
   • 3. stupid: informal North American "a dumb question" Similar stupidunintelligentignorantdensebrainlessmindlessfoolishslow-wittedslowdulldull-wittedwitlesshalfwittedblockishdoltishdunce-likesimplesimplemindedempty-headedvacuousvapididioticmoronicimbeciliccretinousobtusebovinelumpishinformal:thickdimdopeydippydozyhalf-bakedslow on the uptakesoft in the headthickheadedchuckleheadeddunderheadedwooden-headedfat-headedthick-skulledmuttonheadedboneheadedlamebrainedbirdbrainedpeabrainedbrain-deaddead from the neck updaftnot the full shillingas thick as two short planksdofdotishvulgar slang:dumb-assOpposite clever
   • 4. (of a computer terminal) able only to transmit data to or receive data from a computer; having no independent processing capability.

   verb

   • 1. make dumb or unheard; silence: literary "a splendor that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue"

   Word Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse dumbr and Gothic dumbs ‘mute’, also to Dutch dom ‘stupid’ and German dumm ‘stupid’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dumbly adverb
   • 2. dumbness noun

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