How to use dumb in a sentence. Lacking intelligence or good judgment See examples of dumb used in a sentence. Definition of dumb adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Adjective dumb (comparative dumber, superlative dumbest) (dated) unable to speak
Mute, speechless, wordless deaf, dumb, and blind (set phrase) his younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language. Discover everything about the word dumb in english Dumb in the sense “lacking the power of speech” is offensive when applied to humans (but not animals), probably because the word also means “stupid Stupidity is a quality or state of being stupid, or an act or idea that exhibits properties of being stupid [4] in a character study of the stupid man attributed to the greek philosopher theophrastus (c 287 bc), stupidity was defined as mental slowness in speech or action
Dumb, mute, speechless, voiceless describe a condition in which speech is absent Dumb was formerly used to refer to persons unable to speak It is now used almost entirely of the inability of animals to speak Dumb beasts of the field. Dumb is the old english word that means mute, speechless, and itself came from an even older word dheubh meaning confusion, stupefaction, dizziness. today, dumb still means unable to speak, but it doesn't have anything to do with intelligence.
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