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Dumb Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dumb? [adj] unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [adj] lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals" [adj] unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock" [adj] slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dumb: dense \| dim \| dull \| inarticulate \| mute \| obtuse \| silent \| slow \| speechless \| stupid \| unarticulate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dumb: abiotic \| anaudic \| animal \| animalian \| animalic \| animalistic \| aphasic \| aphonic \| apish \| asinine \| awkward \| azoic \| batty \| beastlike \| beastly \| beef-brained \| beef-witted \| befooled \| beguiled \| besotted \| bestial \| blankminded \| blockheaded \| blockish \| Boeotian \| bovine \| brainless \| breathless \| brief \| brusque \| brutal \| brute \| brutelike \| brutish \| buffoonish \| callow \| chumpish \| cloddish \| close \| closemouthed \| close-tongued \| cockeyed \| concise \| cowish \| crass \| crazy \| credulous \| curt \| daffy \| daft \| dazed \| dense \| dizzy \| doltish \| doting \| dull \| dullard \| dumbfounded \| dumbstricken \| dumbstruck \| duncical \| duncish \| economical of words \| empty \| empty-headed \| exanimate \| fat \| fatheaded \| fatuitous \| fatuous \| flaky \| fond \| fool \| foolheaded \| foolish \| fuddled \| futile \| gaga \| gauche \| goofy \| green \| groping \| gross \| gulled \| idiotic \| ignorant \| imbecile \| inane \| inanimate \| inanimated \| inarticulate \| incoherent \| indisposed to talk \| indistinct \| ineducable \| inept \| inert \| inexperienced \| infatuated \| innocent \| insane \| insensate \| insensible \| insentient \| instinctive \| instinctual \| klutzy \| know-nothing \| kooky \| laconic \| lifeless \| loony \| lumpish \| mad \| maudlin \| maundering \| mindless \| moronic \| mum \| mute \| naive \| nescient \| nonconscious \| nonliving \| nonrational \| numskulled \| nutty \| oafish \| opaque \| quiet \| raw \| reticent \| sappy \| screwy \| senseless \| sentimental \| short \| silent \| silly \| simple \| snug \| sottish \| soulless \| sparing of words \| speechless \| strange to \| stricken dumb \| stupid \| subhuman \| taciturn \| tentative \| terse \| thick \| thick-witted \| thoughtless \| tight-lipped \| tongueless \| tongue-tied \| unacquainted \| unanimated \| unapprized \| uncommunicative \| uncomprehending \| unconscious \| unconversant \| unenlightened \| unfamiliar \| unfeeling \| unilluminated \| uninformed \| uninitiated \| unintelligent \| unknowing \| unloquacious \| unposted \| unripe \| unsure \| untalkative \| unteachable \| unversed \| vacuous \| voiceless \| wacky \| wet \| witless \| word-bound \| wordless \| wrongheaded \| zoic \| zooidal \| zoologic See Also \| Dumb In Webster's Dictionary \Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See {Deaf}, and cf. {Dummy}.] 1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. --Hooker. 2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak. To pierce into the dumb past. -- J. C. Shairp. 3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.] Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. --De Foe. {Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}. {Dumb ague}, or {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined ``chill.'' [U.S.] {Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a ``speaking animal.'' {Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. --Halliwell. {Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. {Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}. {Dumb show}. (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. ``Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.'' --Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. {To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech. Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}. \Dumb\, v. t. To put to silence. [Obs.] --Shak.

Dumb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dumb?

[adj] unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
[adj] lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals"
[adj] unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"
[adj] slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"

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Dumb In Webster's Dictionary

\Dumb\, a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw.
dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. ? blind. See {Deaf}, and cf.
{Dummy}.]
1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter
   articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.

         To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures.
                                               --Hooker.

2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
   accompanied by words; as, dumb show.

         This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. --Shak.

         To pierce into the dumb past.         -- J. C.
                                               Shairp.

3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]

         Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color.
                                               --De Foe.

{Deaf and dumb}. See {Deaf-mute}.

{Dumb ague}, or {Dumb chill}, a form of intermittent fever
   which has no well-defined ``chill.'' [U.S.]

{Dumb animal}, any animal except man; -- usually restricted
   to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction
   to man, who is a ``speaking animal.''

{Dumb cake}, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's
   eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their
   future husbands. --Halliwell.

{Dumb cane} (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family
   ({Dieffenbachia seguina}), which, when chewed, causes the
   tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of
   speech.

{Dumb crambo}. See under {crambo}.

{Dumb show}.
   (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown
       in pantomime. ``Inexplicable dumb shows and noise.''
       --Shak.
   (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story
       in dumb show.

{To strike dumb}, to confound; to astonish; to render silent
   by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of
   speech.

Syn: Silent; speechless; noiseless. See {Mute}.


\Dumb\, v. t.
To put to silence. [Obs.] --Shak.

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