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dumb
(d/@/m )

adjective (a)

  • Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity(adj.all)
    Example:
    Dumb officials make some really dumb decisions.
    Synonym:
    dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow
    source: wordnet30
  • temporarily incapable of speaking(adj.all)
    Example:
    Struck dumb.
    Synonym:
    speechless
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking the power of human speech(adj.all)
    Example:
    Dumb animals.
    source: wordnet30
  • unable to speak because of hereditary deafness(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    mute, silent
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To put to silence.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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