dumbness

dumb

 (dŭm)

adj. dumb·er, dumb·est

1.

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English.]

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dumb′ly adv.

dumb′ness n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dumbness - the quality of being mentally slow and limited denseness, slow-wittedness stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience

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dumbness

noun

The avoidance of speech:

muteness, silence, speechlessness, wordlessness.

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Translations

بُكْم، عَدم القُدْرَه على الفَهْم

hloupostněmota

åndssvagheddumhedtåbelighed

Stummheit

pendejada

mutisme

málleysi

stumhettåpelighettaushet

nemost

aptallıkbudalalık

愚蠢无言沉默

dumbness

[ˈdʌmnɪs] N

1. (Med) → mudez f

2. (= stupidity) → estupidez f

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

dumbness

n

→ Stummheit f

(esp US inf: = stupidity) → Doofheit f (inf), → Dummheit f

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

dumbness

[ˈdʌmnɪs] n

a. (Med) → mutismo

b. (fam) (stupidity) → idiozia, stupidità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dumb

(dam) adjective

1. without the power of speech. She was born deaf and dumb; We were struck dumb with astonishment. stomgeslaan أبْكَم ням mudo němý stumm, sprachlos stum μουγγός, άλαλοςmudo tumm لال mykkä muetאילם गूंगा nijem néma bisu dumbur, mállaus muto 口のきけない 벙어리인 nebylys, netekęs žado pārsteigt kādu; padarīt mēmu bisu stomstum, umælendeniemy ګنګه mudo mut немой nemý nem nem stum ใบ้ dilsiz 啞的，啞口無言的 німий گونگا câm 哑的，不能说话的

2. silent. On this point he was dumb. stom صامِت безмълвен mudo němý, mlčenlivý still stille; stum αμίλητοςcallado keeletu ساکت hiljainen muetאילם चुप, मौन tih hallgatag membisu þögull muto 黙っている 침묵하는 nekalbus nerunīgs membisu stomtausniemy, oniemiały كرار، آرام mudo fără grai безмолвный nemý molčeč nem tyst, mållös ไม่พูด sessiz, susmuş 無聲的 мовчазний, безсловесний خاموش lặng đi 无声的

3. (especially American) very stupid. What a dumb thing to do! dom سَخيف глупав burro pitomý blöd dum; tåbelig; åndssvag χαζόςtonto, estúpido tobe احمقانه؛ ابله tyhmä bêteמטומטם बेवकूफ vrlo glup buta tolol heimskulegur, heimskur stupido ばかな 멍청한 kvailas muļķīgs bodoh domdum, idiotisk, tåpeliggłupi احمقانه، بى عقله estúpido tâm­pit глупый hlúpy bedast glup dum ทึ่ม aptal, budala 愚蠢的 дурний بہت احمق rất ngu đần 愚蠢的

ˈdumbness noun

domheid بُكْم، عَدم القُدْرَه على الفَهْم безмълвност mudez němota; hloupost die Stummheit dumhed; tåbelighed; åndssvaghed βουβαμάρα, χαζομάραmudez, mutismo tummus لال بودن tyhmyys mutisme אִילמוּת गूंगापन nijemost némaság kebodohan málleysi mutismo 口のきけないこと 멍청한, 벙어리인 nebylumas mēmums kebisuan stomheid stumhet, taushet; tåpelighetniemota ګنګه اوسيدل mudez muţenie немота nemota nemost nemost stumhet, dumhet ความบ้าใบ้; ความเงียบ aptallık, budalalık 愚蠢沉默不語，啞口無言 німта; тиша گونگا پن sự câm 愚蠢，无言，沉默

ˈdumbly adverb

dommerige بِصَمَم، بِحُمق، بِبَلادَه нямо mudamente němě stumm dumt; tåbeligt; åndssvagt χαζά sin decir nada hääletult بطور گنگ؛ احمقانه tyhmästi en silence כְּאִילֵם अस्पष्ट रूप से gluho, nijemo némán membisu í þögn in silenzio 黙って 멍청하게 nebyliai, nė žodžio netariant, kvailai mēmi; muļķīgi dengan bisu stomumælende, tåpeliggłupio په ګنګه ډول، احمقانه mudamente în tăcere безмолвно nemo nemo nemo stumt, dumt อึ้ง aptalca, budalaca 愚蠢地，沉默不語地，啞口無言地 безсловесно احمقانہ انداز میں thin thít 愚蠢地，沉默地，无言地

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