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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʌm/
Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

From Middle English dumb (“silent, speechless, mute, ineffectual”), from Old English dumb (“silent, speechless, mute, unable to speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz (“dull, dumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”).

The senses of stupid, unintellectual, and pointless, which are found regularly since the 19th century only, probably developed under the influence of German dumm and Dutch dom. Just like the English word, these originally meant «lacking the power of speech», but they developed the mentioned senses early on.

Cognates

Cognate with Scots dumb (“dumb, silent”), North Frisian dom, domme (“dumb, stupid”), West Frisian dom (“dumb, stupid”), Dutch dom (“dumb, stupid”), German dumm (“dumb, stupid”), Danish dum (“stupid”), Swedish dum (“stupid”), Icelandic dumbur (“dumb, mute”). See also deaf.

Adjective

dumb (comparative dumber, superlative dumbest)

(dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in «deaf, dumb, and blind»).

Synonyms: mute, speechless, wordless

His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language.
- to unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures
(dated) Silent; unaccompanied by words.

dumb show
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
  
  Since you are tongue-tied and so loath to speak
  In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts
- 1788, Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter 2, in Original Stories from Real Life (Children’s literature), 1796 printing edition, London: J. Johnson, page 10–11:
  
  The country people frequently ſay,—How can you treat a poor dumb beaſt ill; and a ſtreſs is very properly laid on the word dumb; for dumb they appear to thoſe who do not obſerve their looks and geſtures; but God, who takes care of every thing, underſtands their language…
- 1881, John Campbell Shairp, Aspects of Poetry
  
  to pierce into the dumb past
(informal, derogatory, especially of a person) Extremely stupid.

Synonyms: feeble-minded, idiotic, moronic, stupid; see also Thesaurus:stupid

You are so dumb! You don’t even know how to make toast!
(figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.

Synonyms: banal, brainless, dopey, silly, stupid, ridiculous, vulgar

This is dumb! We’re driving in circles! We should have asked for directions an hour ago!

Brendan had the dumb job of moving boxes from one conveyor belt to another.
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a colour.
- 1720, Daniel Defoe, The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton
  
  Her stern, which was painted of a dumb white or dun color.

Derived terms

a dumb priest never got a parish
deaf and dumb
dumb as a bag of hammers
dumb as a box of rocks
dumb as a brick
dumb as a doorknob
dumb as a doornail
dumb as a post
dumb as a rock
dumb as a sack of hammers
dumb as a stump
dumb as an ox
dumb as dirt
dumb as nails
dumb ass
dumb barge
dumb blond
dumb bomb
dumb bunny
dumb cake
dumb cancel
dumb cane
dumb cluck
dumb crambo
dumb cunt
dumb fuck
dumb fucker
dumb genius
dumb hole
dumb insolence
dumb like a fox
dumb luck
dumb money
dumb muscle
dumb network
dumb out
dumb piano
dumb pipe
dumb quotes
dumb shit
dumb show
dumb spinet
dumb tax
dumb TV
dumb waiter
dumb-ass
dumb-bell
dumb-shit
dumb-waiter
dumbbell
dumben
dumbhood
dumbly
dumbness
dumbstruck
dumbwaiter
dummy
rock-dumb
strike dumb
undumb

Translations

unable to speak — see mute

extremely stupid

Arabic: غَبِيّ‎ (ḡabiyy)

Egyptian Arabic: غشيم‎ (ḡašīm), احمق‎ (aḥmaʾ)
Belarusian: дурны (durny)
Bulgarian: тъп (bg) (tǎp)
Catalan: estúpid (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 蠢 (zh) (chǔn), 笨 (zh) (bèn)
Czech: debilní (cs), blbý (cs)
Danish: dum (da), åndssvag
Dutch: dom (nl), stom (nl)
Esperanto: stulta (eo)
Estonian: loll (et)
Finnish: typerä (fi), idioottimainen (fi)
French: stupide (fr), débile (fr), idiot (fr), niais (fr), bête (fr)
German: dumm (de), idiotisch (de)
Greek: χαζός (el) (chazós)

Ancient: μωρός (mōrós)
Hungarian: ostoba (hu), hülye (hu)
Indonesian: dungu (id)
Italian: stupido (it)
Japanese: 愚かな (ja) (おろかな, oroka na), ばかな (ja) (ばかな, baka na)
Javanese: pekok (jv), goblog (jv)
Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: bêmêjî (ku), bêaqil (ku)

Central Kurdish: بێعەقڵ‎ (bê’eqill)
Latin: stupidus, stultus, blennus
Lithuanian: (slang, barbarism) durnas, kvailas
Low German: dumm (nds)
Persian: کودن‎ (fa) (kowdan), خنگ‎ (fa) (xeng), دبنگ‎ (fa) (dabang)
Plautdietsch: frekjt
Polish: durny (pl), tępy (pl), pustogłowy (pl), bezmyślny (pl), idiotyczny (pl), debilny
Portuguese: burro (pt), idiota (pt)
Russian: тупо́й (ru) (tupój), глу́пый (ru) (glúpyj), дурно́й (ru) (durnój)
Sanskrit: अज्ञान (sa) (ajñāna), मूर (sa) (mūra), मूर्ख (sa) (mūrkha), जल (sa) (jala), मूढ (sa) (mūḍha), निर्बुद्धि (sa) (nirbud’dhi)
Spanish: estúpido (es), tonto (es)
Sundanese: belegug
Swedish: korkad (sv), dum (sv)
Turkish: aptal (tr)
Walloon: loigne (wa), boubiet (wa), wargnasse (wa)
Zazaki: xint c

pointless or unintellectual

Danish: dum (da), fordummende, åndssvag
Esperanto: stulta (eo)
Finnish: typerä (fi)
French: bête (fr) stupide (fr)
German: sinnlos (de), dümmlich (de), dumm (de)
Italian: stupido (it)
Japanese: 実のない (みのない, mi no nai)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: بێمەعنا‎ (ckb) (bême’na)
Latin: supervacuus
Norwegian:

Bokmål: dum (no)

Nynorsk: dum
Portuguese: estúpido (pt)
Russian: бессмы́сленный (ru) (bessmýslennyj)
Spanish: estúpido (es), tonto (es)
Swedish: meningslös (sv)
Turkish: saçma (tr)

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} budalla (sq)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 더듬다 (ko) (deodeumda) (1), ^{(please verify)} 투미하다 (tumihada) (2,3)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} mut (ro)
Sardinian: ^{(please verify)} mudu
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} nem (sh), ^{(please verify)} nijem (sh)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మూగ (te) (mūga) (1)

Etymology 2

From Middle English dumben, from Old English dumbian (more commonly in compound ādumbian (“to become mute or dumb; keep silence; hold one’s peace”)), from Proto-Germanic *dumbijaną, *dumbōną (“to be silent, become dumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with German verdummen (“to become dumb”).

Verb

dumb (third-person singular simple present dumbs, present participle dumbing, simple past and past participle dumbed)

(dated) To silence.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
  
  […] what I would have spoke
  Was beastly dumbed by him.
- 1911, Lindsay Swift, William Lloyd Garrison, page 272:
  
  The paralysis of the Northern conscience, the dumbing of the Northern voice, were coming to an end.
(transitive) To make stupid.
- 2003, Angela Calabrese Barton, Teaching Science for Social Justice, page 124:
  
  I think she’s dumbing us down, so we won’t be smarter than her.
(transitive) To represent as stupid.
- 2004, Stephen Oppenheimer, The Real Eve: Modern Man’s Journey Out of Africa, page 107:
  
  Bad-mouthing Neanderthals . . . is symptomatic of a need to exclude and even demonize. . . . I suggest that the unproven dumbing of the Neanderthals is an example of the same cultural preconception.
(transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.
- 2002, Deborah Meier, In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing, page 126:
  
  The ensuing storm caused the department to lower the bar—amid protests that this was dumbing the test down—so that only 80 percent of urban kids would fail.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective or verb «dumb»

Middle English

Alternative forms

domb, doumb, dowmb, dom, domm, dum, doum, dowm, domp, doump

Etymology

From Old English dumb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdum(b)/, /ˈduːm(b)/

Adjective

dumb (plural and weak singular dumbe)

Lacking or failing to display the faculty of voice:
1. Unspeaking; unable to speak or having muteness.
2. (substantive) A mute; one who can’t speak.
3. Temporarily unable to speak due to strong emotions.
4. Unwilling or reluctant to speak; not speaking.
Powerless, ineffectual (either inherently or due to events)
Unknowledgeable; having no understanding or sense.
(of animals) Unwilling or unable to make a noise; quiet or silent.
(rare) Unrevealing, useless; having no important messages or lessons.
(rare) Having nothing to keep one busy or engaged.
(rare, figurative) Refusing to preach or evangelise.
(rare, figurative) Refusing to be conceited or vainglorious.

Derived terms

dombenesse
dumben

Descendants

English: dumb
Scots: dumb

References

“dǒmb, dǒumb, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-27.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dumb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dumb/

Adjective

dumb

mute, dumb (unable to speak)
(substantive) a mute
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 11:14
  
  Þā hē ūt ādrāf þā dēofolsēocnesse, þā spræc se dumba.
  
  When he drove out the demon, the mute person spoke.

Declension

Declension of dumb — Strong

Declension of dumb — Weak

dumbnes

Descendants

Middle English: dumb
- Scots: dumb
- English: dumb

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Adjective

I’m not dumb enough to believe that.

It was a dumb idea in the first place.

He just stood there with a dumb grin on his face.

This is one of the dumbest TV shows I’ve ever seen.

It was dumb luck that we found this place at all.

His success is just a matter of dumb luck.

He was born deaf and dumb.

Verb

the terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears

Recent Examples on the Web

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—Daniel Jackson, Allure, 18 July 2017

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—Andy Benoit, The MMQB, 10 July 2017

And all of it thanks to mango lovers, tolerant homeowners and dumb luck.

—Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 29 June 2017

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—Josh Spiegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2017

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—Dan Kelly, kansascity.com, 6 June 2017

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—Lily Meade, Teen Vogue, 6 July 2017

The difference between the dumb comments of the past and the inappropriate remarks of today, however, is the size of our audience.

—Ana Veciana-suarez, miamiherald, 3 July 2017

Here are the top five dumb things Louisville drivers do.

—Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2017

This includes throwing out 31 of 47 runners dumb enough to run on him in 2022.

—James Yasko, Chron, 24 Mar. 2023

Don’t dumb the game down.

—Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022

Remember: when in doubt, dumb it down.

—Yec, Forbes, 24 June 2021

M3GAN kills people, but our gal is not about to dumb herself down for Ken.

—Mattie Kahn, Town & Country, 14 Jan. 2023

Cheap shots, but hey, some reboots should dumb-shame their predecessors.

—Darren Franich, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2023

From prestige dramas like Anatomy of a Scandal (the #1 English-language Netflix show around the world right now) to dumb reality series.

—Andy Meek, BGR, 28 Apr. 2022

Worse, the country’s attempts to fix the schools have tended to dumb them down, experts say.

—New York Times, 1 Mar. 2020

Auto-aim system does just enough legwork to let players focus on speed without completely dumbing the game down.

—Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2019

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adjective, dumb·er, dumb·est.

lacking the power of speech (offensive when applied to humans): a dumb animal.

temporarily unable to speak: dumb with astonishment.

refraining from any or much speech; silent.

made, done, etc., without speech.

lacking some usual property, characteristic, etc.

performed in pantomime; mimed.

Computers. pertaining to the inability to do processing locally: A dumb terminal can input, output, and display data, but cannot process it.Compare intelligent (def. 4).

Nautical.

(of a barge) without means of propulsion.
(of any craft) without means of propulsion, steering, or signaling.

Verb Phrases

dumb down, Informal. to make or become less intellectual, simpler, or less sophisticated: to dumb down a textbook; American movies have dumbed down.

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Origin of dumb

First recorded before 1000; Old English; cognate with Old Norse dumbr, Gothic dumbs, Old Saxon dumb, Old High German tump, German dumm

usage note for dumb

Dumb in the sense “lacking the power of speech” is perceived as insulting when describing humans (but not animals), probably because dumb also means “stupid; dull-witted.” The noun dummy in the sense “person who lacks the power of speech” is also perceived as insulting, as are the terms deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute, and mute. The adjective hard of hearing is acceptable though not the term of choice, partly because it lacks directness. The preferred term is deaf, which makes no reference to an inability to speak or communicate; the capitalized word Deaf signals membership in this community.

OTHER WORDS FROM dumb

dumb·ly, adverbdumb·ness, nounqua·si-dumb, adjectivequa·si-dumb·ly, adverb

Words nearby dumb

duly, duma, Dumaguete, Dumas, Du Maurier, dumb, dumb ague, Dumbarton, Dumbarton Oaks, dumb-ass, dumb barter

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Words related to dumb

speechless, dull, foolish, inarticulate, incoherent, mousy, mum, mute, quiet, silent, soundless, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, voiceless, wordless, dense, dim-witted, doltish, feebleminded, moronic

How to use dumb in a sentence

Law enforcement really just said, “You know, this is a dumb woman, and she’s the only one that got screwed over, and it’s just not that important.”
It seems dumb to walk away from something I’m relatively successful at when I’m not qualified to do anything else, especially right now.
In some ways, paintings portraits is really dumb and painting portraits of hundreds of people is ridiculous.
The dumbest way ever to secretly benefit a campaign contributor is to buy a building with that contributor’s name on it.

You’ll probably think this question is dumber than dumb, a waste of neurons.
However, not all awful, astoundingly dumb political memes are created equal.
“Which proves he is as dumb as a bag of hammers,” the official says.
Does it matter whether Taylor Swift wants me to inflate my Internet notoriety by doing a dumb thing where I lip sync to her music?
The way I film is based on the assumption that the audience is as smart and dumb as I am.
I thought I was going to have to dumb it down for this folk-pop singer.
The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.
Her female friend immediately said, «Well, I have been talking away to this dumb man.»
Sometimes dumb-bells, compact sheaves of fine needles, and irregular rhizome forms are seen (Fig. 40).
They ain’t noways dumb to each other, I notice; an’ we air dumb aourselves when we air ketched with furriners.
His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.

British Dictionary definitions for dumb

adjective

lacking the power to speak, either because of defects in the vocal organs or because of hereditary deafness

lacking the power of human speechdumb animals

temporarily lacking or bereft of the power to speakstruck dumb

refraining from speech; uncommunicative

producing no sound; silenta dumb piano

made, done, or performed without speech

informal

slow to understand; dim-witted
foolish; stupidSee also dumb down

(of a projectile or bomb) not guided to its target

Derived forms of dumb

dumbly, adverbdumbness, noun

Word Origin for dumb

Old English; related to Old Norse dumbr, Gothic dumbs, Old High German tump

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dumb

[dʌm]
1. прил.

deaf and dumb from birth — глухонемой от рождения

Syn:

2) бессловесный

dumb brutes — бессловесные твари

Syn:

3) без права голоса

the dumb millions / masses полит. — молчаливое большинство

4) онемевший

I was struck dumb with astonishment for the minute. — На минуту я онемел от изумления.

5) молчаливый, неразговорчивый

Syn:

6) беззвучный, произведённый в молчании

He answered with a short dumb nod. — Он ответил коротким беззвучным кивком.

7) заглушённый, глухой; безмолвный

dumb peal — приглушённый удар колокола

The streets are dumb with snow. (A. Tennyson) — Заснеженные улицы безмолвны.

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преим.

амер. глупый, тупой, дурацкий

dumb blonde — тупая блондинка

dumb bunny — глупец, дурак

dumb idea / question — дурацкая идея, дурацкий вопрос

dumb bomb ; жарг. — неуправляемая авиабомба

to play / act dumb — прикидываться дурачком

Syn:

••

to sing dumb — промолчать; сохранять молчание

2. гл.

заставить замолчать

— dumb up

Англо-русский современный словарь.
2014.

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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. [1913 Webster] To unloose the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dumb´ly — dumb «duhm», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. not able to speak: »dumb animals. Helen Keller learned to speak; she was blind and deaf but not dumb. 2. silenced for the moment by fear, surprise, shyness, or other emotion: »She was struck dumb with… … Useful english dictionary
dumb — adj 1 Dumb, mute, speechless, inarticulate mean lacking the power to speak. Dumb and mute are often used interchangeably, but when used in distinction from each other, dumb implies an incapacity for speech (as in the case of animals and inanimate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Dumb — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Dumb» Canción de Nirvana álbum In Utero Publicación 21 de septiembre de 1993 … Wikipedia Español
dumb — dumb; dumb·found; dumb·found·er; dumb·ly; dumb·ness; dumb·found·ed·ly; … English syllables
dumb — 1. Dumb now has such strong connotations of stupidity and low intelligence that its original meaning, ‘not able to speak’, is often regarded as offensive. To be safe, it is better to use neutral terms such as speech impaired. 2. The ailing… … Modern English usage
dumb — dəm adj 1) lacking the human power of speech <dumb animals> 2) of a person often offensive lacking the ability to speak dumb·ly dəm lē adv dumb·ness n … Medical dictionary
dumb — (adj.) O.E. dumb silent, unable to speak, from PIE *dheubh confusion, stupefaction, dizziness, from root *dheu (1) dust, mist, vapor, smoke, and related notions of defective perception or wits. The Old English, Old Saxon (dumb), Gothic (dumbs),… … Etymology dictionary
dumb — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to speak; lacking the power of speech. 2) temporarily unable or unwilling to speak. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. stupid. 4) (of a computer terminal) having no independent processing capability. ► VERB 1) (dumb down) N … English terms dictionary
Dumb — Dumb, v. t. To put to silence. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dumb — [adj1] unable to speak at a loss for words*, inarticulate, incoherent, mousy*, mum, mute, quiet, silent, soundless, speechless, tongue tied, uncommunicative, voiceless, wordless; concept 593 Ant. speaking dumb [adj2] stupid, unintelligent dense,… … New thesaurus

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dumb

(dŭm)

adj. dumb·er, dumb·est

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.

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dumb

(dʌm)

adj

1. lacking the power of human speech: dumb animals.

2. (Pathology) offensive lacking the power to speak, either because of defects in the vocal organs or because of hereditary deafness

3. temporarily lacking or bereft of the power to speak: struck dumb.

4. refraining from speech; uncommunicative

5. producing no sound; silent: a dumb piano.

6. made, done, or performed without speech

7. informal

a. slow to understand; dim-witted

b. foolish; stupid. See also dumb down

8. (Military) (of a projectile or bomb) not guided to its target

[Old English; related to Old Norse dumbr, Gothic dumbs, Old High German tump]

ˈdumbly adv

ˈdumbness n

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dumb

(dʌm)

adj. -er, -est,
v.

usage: dumb in the sense “lacking the power of speech” is offensive when applied to humans (but not animals), probably because the word also means “stupid; dull-witted.” The noun dummy in the sense “a person who lacks the power of speech,” though rarely used today, is also perceived as offensive, as are the terms deaf-and-dumb and deaf-mute. Use of the term mute is generally acceptable. However, the preferred term is deaf, which makes no reference to an inability to speak.

—adj.

1. lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.

2. lacking the power of speech (offensive when applied to humans): dumb beasts of the field.

3. temporarily unable to speak: She was struck dumb with amazement.

4. refraining from speech; silent.

5. made, done, etc., without speech.

6. lacking some usual property, characteristic, etc.

7. lacking electronic processing power of its own: a dumb computer terminal. Compare intelligent (def. 4).

8. dumb down, to reduce the intellectual or developmental level of: to dumb down a textbook.

[before 1000; Old English; c. Old High German tump, Old Norse dumbr]

dumb′ly, adv.

dumb′ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	dumb — 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» slow, obtuse, dense, dim, dull stupid — lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
	2.	dumb — temporarily incapable of speaking; «struck dumb»; «speechless with shock» speechless inarticulate, unarticulate — without or deprived of the use of speech or words; «inarticulate beasts»; «remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal»; «inarticulate with rage»; «an inarticulate cry»
	3.	dumb — lacking the power of human speech; «dumb animals» inarticulate, unarticulate — without or deprived of the use of speech or words; «inarticulate beasts»; «remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal»; «inarticulate with rage»; «an inarticulate cry»
	4.	dumb — unable to speak because of hereditary deafness mute, silent inarticulate, unarticulate — without or deprived of the use of speech or words; «inarticulate beasts»; «remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal»; «inarticulate with rage»; «an inarticulate cry»

dumb

adjective

1. unable to speak, mute, without the power of speech a young deaf and dumb man
unable to speak articulate

3. (Informal) stupid, thick, dull, foolish, dense, dozy (Brit. informal), dim, obtuse, unintelligent, asinine, braindead (informal), dim-witted (informal) I came up with this dumb idea.
stupid bright, smart, clever, intelligent, quick-witted

dumb something down trivialize, sensationalize, make shallow, make superficial, make trivial, make frivolous, make less intelligent I know it must be tempting to dumb down news.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

dumb

adjective

1. Lacking the power or faculty of speech:

2. Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, as from shock or fear:

3. Lacking in intelligence:

Translations

němýpitomýmlčenlivý

stumtåbeligåndssvagdumstille

mykkätyperäidioottimainen

nijem

hülyenémaostoba

dumbur, mállausheimskulegur, heimskuròögull

口のきけない

말을 못하는

kvailainė žodžio netariantnebylumasnebylysnetekęs žado

deaf and dumbkurlmēmsmēmsmuļķīgsnerunīgs

nemneumen

stumkorkadmeningslös

โง่

câm

dumb

[dʌm] ADJ (dumber (compar) (dumbest (superl)))

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dumb

dumbass

n (US sl) → Idiot m (inf), → Nullchecker(in) m(f) (inf)

dumb cluck

n (inf: = fool) → Doofi m (inf)

dumb

dumb show

n (Theat) pantomimische Einlage in einem Stück; in dumb → in Mimik

dumb terminal

n (Comput) → Einfachterminal nt, → unintelligente Datenstation

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dumb

[dʌm] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl)))

dumb

(dam) adjective

1. without the power of speech. She was born deaf and dumb; We were struck dumb with astonishment.

2. silent. On this point he was dumb.

3. (especially American) very stupid. What a dumb thing to do!

ˈdumbness nounˈdumbly adverb

dumb

→ أبْكَم němý stum stumm μουγγός mudo mykkä muet nijem muto 口のきけない 말을 못하는 stom stum niemy mudo немой stum โง่ dilsiz câm 哑的

dumb

a. mudo-a; torpe, estúpido-a.

dumb

adj (ant, mute) mudo

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