ALL meanings of dumb
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D d - adjective dumb lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted. 1
- adjective dumb lacking the power of speech (offensive when applied to humans): a dumb animal. 1
- adjective dumb temporarily unable to speak: dumb with astonishment. 1
- adjective dumb refraining from any or much speech; silent. 1
- adjective dumb made, done, etc., without speech. 1
- adjective dumb lacking some usual property, characteristic, etc. 1
- adjective dumb performed in pantomime; mimed. 1
- adjective dumb Computers. pertaining to the inability to do processing locally: A dumb terminal can input, output, and display data, but cannot process it. Compare intelligent (def 4). 1
- adjective dumb Nautical. (of a barge) without means of propulsion. (of any craft) without means of propulsion, steering, or signaling. 1
- adjective dumb person: stupid 1
- adjective dumb thing, idea: stupid 1
- adjective dumb mute, unable to speak 1
- adjective dumb temporarily unable to speak 1
- noun dumb Simplify or reduce the intellectual content of something so as to make it accessible to a larger number of people. 1
- noun dumb Dumb in the sense “lacking the power of speech” is perceived as insulting when describing humans (but not animals), probably because dumb also means “stupid; dull-witted.” The noun dummy in the sense “person who lacks the power of speech” is also perceived as insulting, as are the terms deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute, and mute. The adjective hearing-impaired is acceptable though not the term of choice, partly because it lacks directness. The preferred term is deaf, which makes no reference to an inability to speak or communicate; the capitalized Deaf signals membership in this community. 1
- verb dumb To silence. 0
- verb dumb (Transitive Verb) To make stupid. 0
- verb dumb (Transitive Verb) To represent as stupid. 0
- verb dumb (Transitive Verb) To reduce the intellectual demands of. 0
- adjective dumb (perhaps somewhat dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech. 0
- adjective dumb (dated) Silent; unaccompanied by words. 0
- adjective dumb (Informal) (pejorative, especially of a person) extremely stupid. 0
- adjective dumb (figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value. 0
- adjective dumb Lacking brightness or clearness, as a colour. 0
- adjective dumb Someone who is dumb is completely unable to speak. 0
- adjective dumb If someone is dumb on a particular occasion, they cannot speak because they are angry, shocked, or surprised. 0
- adjective dumb If you call a person dumb, you mean that they are stupid or foolish. 0
- adjective dumb If you say that something is dumb, you think that it is silly and annoying. 0
- adjective dumb Something that is dumb is done or expressed without words. 0
- adjective dumb lacking the power of human speech 0
- adjective dumb lacking the power to speak, either because of defects in the vocal organs or because of hereditary deafness 0
- adjective dumb temporarily lacking or bereft of the power to speak 0
- adjective dumb refraining from speech; uncommunicative 0
- adjective dumb producing no sound; silent 0
- adjective dumb made, done, or performed without speech 0
- adjective dumb slow to understand; dim-witted 0
- adjective dumb foolish; stupid 0
- adjective dumb (of a projectile or bomb) not guided to its target 0
- adjective dumb lacking the power of speech; mute 0
- adjective dumb unwilling to talk; silent 0
- adjective dumb not accompanied by speech 0
- adjective dumb temporarily speechless, as from fear 0
- adjective dumb producing no sound 0
- adjective dumb lacking some normal part, characteristic, or quality 0
- adjective dumb stupid; moronic 0
- adjective dumb designating or of a terminal not equipped with its own processor 0