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Defenition of the word dumb

    • Defenition of the word dumb

      • Unable to speak; lacking power of speech.
      • Marked by lack of intellectual acuity or somewhat mentally limited.
      • 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"
      • lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals"
      • unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
      • unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"
      • 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 mak
      • lacking the power of human speech
      • temporarily incapable of speaking
      • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

    Synonyms for the word dumb

      • dense
      • dim
      • dull
      • mute
      • obtuse
      • silent
      • slow
      • speechless

    Similar words in the dumb

      • inarticulate
      • stupid
      • unarticulate

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