dumb
Meaning of dumb
adjective
- temporarily unable or unwilling to speak.
they stood dumb while the attacker poured out a stream of abuse
- (of a person) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness.
he was born deaf, dumb, and blind
- stupid.
a dumb question
- (of a computer terminal) able only to transmit data to or receive data from a computer; having no independent processing capability.
- make dumb or unheard; silence.
a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse dumbr and Gothic dumbs ‘mute’, also to Dutch dom ‘stupid’ and German dumm ‘stupid’.
Information about dumb
- The plural form of dumb is: dumbs.
- Languages in which dumb is used:
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Hyphenation of dumb
dumb
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- dumb is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
dumb synonyms
Meaning dense:
dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow
Meaning speechless:
Meaning mute:
Meaning not speaking or involving speech:
Meaning not able to speak or express opinions:
Meaning unable to express one's ideas or feelings clearly or easily:
Meaning (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little:
Meaning unwilling to talk or impart information:
Meaning not fond of or given to talking; uncommunicative:
Meaning one's mother:
Meaning having no voice or sound; mute:
Meaning having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense:
Meaning having or showing a low level of intelligence:
Meaning lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated:
Meaning stupid; very foolish:
Meaning acting or done without justification and with no concern for the consequences:
Meaning lacking good sense or judgement; unwise:
Meaning foolish; stupid:
Meaning big, bulky, or crude in form or appearance:
Meaning (of a person) stupid; idiotic:
Meaning easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty:
Meaning having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless:
Meaning offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland:
Meaning very stupid:
Meaning very foolish or stupid:
Meaning foolish or stupid:
Meaning (of a person or their manner) sluggish or stupid:
Meaning roughly or clumsily formed or shaped:
Meaning of low intelligence; stupid:
Meaning stupefied by sleep or a drug:
Meaning silly and eccentric or scatterbrained:
Meaning feeling drowsy and lazy:
Meaning unintelligent; stupid:
Meaning silly; foolish:
Meaning stupid or silly:
dumb antonyms
Meaning quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent:
Translation of dumb
- French: muet
- German: stumm, dümmlich, dösig
- Italian: muto, tonto, stupido, sciocco
- Spanish: mudo, tonto, estúpido, bobo, imbécil
- Portuguese: mudo
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