Dumb - English meaning

adjective

Unable to speak, write, or understand speech or writing because of damage to the brain

Usage examples:

The girl was aphasic because of brain damage suffered during a difficult birth., she suffered a mas…

adjective

Having no voice or sound; mute.

Usage examples:

The patient was aphonic on examination

adjective

Big, bulky, or crude in form or appearance.

Usage examples:

His blockish architecture is ugly if functional

adjective

Stupid; very foolish.

Usage examples:

A brainless bimbo

adjective

Stupid or thoughtless

Usage examples:

That was a brainless thing to do!

adjective

Closely compacted in substance.

Usage examples:

As the storm cleared, a dense fog came down

adjective

Close together and difficult to go or see through; thick

Usage examples:

Dense fog, i had trouble getting through the dense crowd., there are some really dense people in ou…

adjective

(of a person) stupid; idiotic.

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A doltish character

adjective

Stupid

Usage examples:

He plays a doltish detective who misses clues that are staring him in the face., they spend every e…

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Slow to understand or learn; not very intelligent

Usage examples:

He was an unimaginative and dull-witted man., they are devoted and dull-witted enough to obey any o…

adjective

Silly, stupid, or not having good judgment

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Usage examples:

He was foolish enough to confide in her

adjective

Stupid

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A half-witted remark

adjective

Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

He was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid

adjective

Having no knowledge or awareness of something or of things in general

Usage examples:

We were very young, ignorant, unskilled men., you have to assume that incoming students have an alm…

adjective

Not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something

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Ignorant about many teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics., blissfully ignoran…

adjective

Unable to express one's ideas or feelings clearly or easily.

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An inarticulate man of action

adjective

Unable to express feelings or ideas in words, or communicated in a way that is difficult to understand

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He refers to them as inarticulate mountain people., inarticulate cries of rage

adjective

Acting or done without justification and with no concern for the consequences.

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A generation of mindless vandals

adjective

Not reasonable or understandable

Usage examples:

People waste a lot of time doing mindless things.

noun

One's mother.

Usage examples:

She often goes round to see her mum, who lives nearby

adjective

Silent.

noun

A cultivated chrysanthemum.

Usage examples:

He ordered everything: irises, mums, roses of every variety

adjective

Refraining from speech or temporarily speechless.

Usage examples:

Harry sat mute, his cheeks burning resentfully

noun

A person lacking the faculty of speech.

Usage examples:

They do not write; and unlike mutes, or monks under vows of silence, they do not use any signs or o…

verb

Deaden, muffle, or soften the sound of.

Usage examples:

Her footsteps were muted by the thick carpet

adjective

Not making or accompanied by any sound.

Usage examples:

The wood was still and silent

adjective

Not speaking or making noise

Usage examples:

I have remained silent till now, mike, but i have to tell you what i think., the "b" in doubt is si…

adjective

Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty.

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A simple solution

noun

A medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one.

Usage examples:

The gatherers of simples

exclamation

Of very low intelligence.

adjective

Moving or operating, or designed to do so, only at a low speed; not quick or fast.

Usage examples:

Until recently diesel cars were slow and noisy

adverb

At a slow pace; slowly.

Usage examples:

The train went slower and slower

verb

Reduce one's speed or the speed of a vehicle or process.

Usage examples:

The train slowed to a halt

adjective

Not clever and therefore slow to notice or understand things

adjective

Unable to speak, especially as the temporary result of shock or strong emotion.

Usage examples:

He was speechless with rage

adjective

Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.

Usage examples:

I was stupid enough to think she was perfect

noun

A stupid person (often used as a term of address).

Usage examples:

You're not a coward, stupid!

adjective

Lacking thought or intelligence

Usage examples:

I just made another stupid mistake., turn off that stupid program!, can you believe my stupidity? i…

adjective

(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

Usage examples:

After such gatherings she would be taciturn and morose

adjective

Usually speaking very little

Usage examples:

He was always quiet, reserved, and taciturn.

adjective

With the lips firmly closed, especially as a sign of suppressed emotion or determined reticence.

Usage examples:

She stayed tight-lipped and shook her head

adjective

With the lips firmly closed, especially as a sign of suppressed emotion or determined reticence.

Usage examples:

She stayed tight-lipped and shook her head

adjective

With the lips firmly closed, especially as a sign of suppressed emotion or determined reticence.

Usage examples:

She stayed tight-lipped and shook her head

adjective

Having difficulty in speaking, usually because of being nervous

Usage examples:

I was practically tongue-tied.

adjective

Unwilling to talk or impart information.

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He had always been quiet and uncommunicative, having few friends

adjective

Not willing to talk

Usage examples:

He had a headache and was uncommunicative.

adjective

Having or showing a low level of intelligence.

Usage examples:

A good-natured but unintelligent boy

adjective

Not fond of or given to talking; uncommunicative.

Usage examples:

Joe was shy and untalkative

adjective

Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless.

Usage examples:

A vacuous smile

adjective

Not able to speak or express opinions.

Usage examples:

Millions of americans feel voiceless and powerless to bring positive change to the political system

adjective

If a group of people is voiceless, it does not have the power or the legal right to express their opinions

Usage examples:

He spent his life fighting for the rights of the voiceless and the underprivileged.

adjective

Foolish; stupid.

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A witless retort

adjective

Stupid or showing no intelligence

Usage examples:

In the book, anna is forced to take care of her witless cousin., she was scared witless of robert, …

adjective

Not speaking or involving speech.

Usage examples:

A sort of wordless communication had developed

adjective

Without any words

Usage examples:

We sat in wordless contemplation of the view.