mute, unable to speak; temporarily unable to speak, speechless; stupid, slow
mute person, someone who is unable to speak; people who are unable to speak
cause to be dumb; make someone speechless
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Dumb Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dumb Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To put to silence.
To put to silence.
(a.)
Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
(a.)
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.
(a.)
Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDestitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
dumb
\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.
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. 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.
similar words(13)
to strike dumb
dumb animal
dumb cake
dumb-bell
dumb piano
dumb show
deaf and dumb alphabet
dumb spinet
dumb terminal
dumb cane
dumb chill
dumb crambo
deaf and dumb
Aflafar = n. loss of speech; dumb
Mudan = n. a mute, a dumb one
the drum, inside information, e.g. "I'll give you the deaf and dumb"
1. act dumber than one is: “She deliberately dumbed down because she didn't want to seem a smart-arse”; 2. amend for a less intellectual audience: “to dumb down a speech”; 3. make (a country) less intellectual by discouraging intellectualism, reducing academic funding, etc.
(offensive and derogatory) foolish, ignorant person
(especially in children's speech) stupid person
fool; idiot
not troubled by intelligence
not troubled by intelligence
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow
(similar) stupid
2. unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"
(synonym) speechless
(similar) inarticulate, unarticulate
3. lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals"
(similar) inarticulate, unarticulate
4. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
(synonym) mute, silent
(similar) inarticulate, unarticulate
Dumb Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream of being dumb, indicates your inability to persuade others into your mode of thinking, and using them for your profit by your glibness of tongue. To the dumb, it denotes false friends.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectDumb Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dumb may refer to:
- Muteness, the condition of being unwilling or unable to speak
- Stupidity, a lack of intelligence
- "Dumb", a 1993 song by the band Nirvana from the album In Utero
- "Dumb" (The 411 song), a 2004 song by the group The 411
- "Dumb", a 1998 song by the band Garbage from the album Version 2.0
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Dumb Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
from natural infirmity (Ex. 4:11); not knowing what to say (Prov. 31:8); unwillingness to speak (Ps. 39:9; Lev. 10:3). Christ repeatedly restored the dumb (Matt. 9:32, 33; Luke 11:14; Matt. 12:22) to the use of speech.
