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- Dictionarydumb/dʌm/
adjective
- 1. temporarily unable or unwilling to speak: "she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse" Similar
- 2. (of a person) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness: dated, offensive "he was born deaf, dumb, and blind" Similar
verb
- 1. make dumb or unheard; silence: literary "a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue"
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The meaning of DUMB is lacking intelligence : stupid. How to use dumb in a sentence. Usage of Dumb: Usage Guide Synonym Discussion of Dumb.
unable to speak: Children like this used to be described as " deaf and dumb". temporarily unable to speak, for example because you are very surprised or shocked: be struck dumb She was struck dumb by what she had seen. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Dumb definition: lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted. . See examples of DUMB used in a sentence.
dumb. Today, most of the time someone or something is described as dumb when it shows a lack of thought, like your dumb idea of wearing flip-flops in a snowstorm. Dumb is the Old English word that means "mute, speechless," and itself came from an even older word dheubh meaning "confusion, stupefaction, dizziness."
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.
adjective. 1. lacking the power of human speech. dumb animals. 2. 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.
Definition of dumb adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
