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dumb

/d/@/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the <i>dumb</i> brutes.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

    adj.all

    Examples
    Dumb officials make some really dumb decisions.
    Synonyms dense dim dull obtuse slow

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. temporarily incapable of speaking

    adj.all

    Examples
    Struck dumb.
    Synonyms speechless

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. lacking the power of human speech

    adj.all

    Examples
    Dumb animals.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

    adj.all

    Synonyms mute silent

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. To put to silence.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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