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dumb Definition


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dumb
adj
    1. Not having the power of speech.
      Thesaurus: mute, quiet, silent, speechless, mum, wordless.
    2. Said of animals: not having human speech.
    3. Temporarily deprived of the power of speech, eg by shock.
    4. Silent; not expressed in words.
    5. colloq
      Foolish; unintelligent.
      Thesaurus: stupid, dull, simple-minded, feeble-minded, dense, moronic, foolish, thick; Antonym: intelligent.
    6. Performed without words.
      Example: dumb show
Derivative: dumbly
adverb
    Derivative: dumbness
    noun
      Idiom: struck dumb
        Silenced with astonishment.
      Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.



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