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Dumb
dʌm
Dumb definitions
adjective
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dumber
dumbest
- temporarily unable or unwilling to speak
"she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse"
speechless tongue-tied wordless silent at a loss for words voiceless inarticulate taciturn uncommunicative untalkative tight-lipped close-mouthed saying nothing- resulting in or expressed by speechlessness
"they stared in dumb amazement"
- (of a person) unable to communicate through speech on account of a congenital or pathological condition
"he was born deaf, dumb, and blind"
unable to speak without the power of speech- (of animals) unable to speak as a natural state and thus regarded as helpless or deserving pity
- lacking intelligence; 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
verb
dumb
dumbed
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- make dumb or unheard; silence
"a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue"