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dumbness
dumb D0420300 (dŭm)adj. dumb·er, dumb·est 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. Nautical Not self-propelling.6. Conspicuously unintelligent; stupid: dumb officials; a dumb decision.7. Unintentional; haphazard: dumb luck.tr.v. dumbed, dumb·ing, dumbs To make silent or dumb.Phrasal Verb: dumb down (or up) Slang To rewrite for a less educated or less sophisticated audience.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
dumb′ly adv.dumb′ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | dumbness - the quality of being mentally slow and limiteddenseness, slow-wittednessstupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience |
dumbnessnounThe avoidance of speech:muteness, silence, speechlessness, wordlessness.Translationsdumb (dam) adjective1. without the power of speech. She was born deaf and dumb; We were struck dumb with astonishment. 啞的，啞口無言的 哑的，不能说话的 2. silent. On this point he was dumb. 無聲的 无声的3. (especially American) very stupid. What a dumb thing to do! 愚蠢的 愚蠢的ˈdumbness noun 愚蠢沉默不語，啞口無言 愚蠢，无言，沉默 ˈdumbly adverb 愚蠢地，沉默不語地，啞口無言地 愚蠢地，沉默地，无言地 EncyclopediaSeedumbLegalSeeDumbdumbness
Synonyms for dumbnessnoun the avoidance of speechSynonyms- muteness
- silence
- speechlessness
- wordlessness
Synonyms for dumbnessnoun the quality of being mentally slow and limitedSynonymsRelated Words |