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dumb
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dumb |
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adjective |
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Not willing to speak; not accompanied by words; unable to utter articulate sounds |
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anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, at a
loss for words, breathless, brief, close, close-tongued, closemouthed, concise, curt, economical of words, inarticulate, incapable of speech, incoherent, indisposed to talk, laconic, mousy, mum, mute, noiseless, non-vocal, pantomimic, quiet, refusing to
speak, reserved, reticent, silent, soundless, speechless, taciturn, terse, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, tongueless, uncommunicative, unconversant, unloquacious, untalkative, voiceless, word-bound, wordless
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dumb |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity |
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Boeotian, addlepated, animal, animalian, animalic, animalistic, apish, asinine, awkward, batty, beastlike, beastly, beef-brained, beef-witted, befooled,
beguiled, besotted, bestial, bird-brained, blankminded, blockheaded, blockish, bovine, brainless, brusque, brutal,
brute, brutelike, brutish, buffoonish, callow, chumpish, cloddish, cockeyed, cowish, crass, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, dense, dim-witted, dizzy,
doltish, dopey, doting, dozy, dull, dullard, dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, duncical, duncish, empty,
empty-headed, exanimate, fat,
fatheaded, fatuitous, fatuous, featherbrained, feebleminded, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded,
foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, gauche, gaumless, goofy, gormless, green, groping, gross, gulled, half-baked, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, imbecilic, inane, inanimate, inanimated, indistinct, ineducable, inept,
inert, inexperienced, infatuated, innocent, insane, insensate, insensible, insentient, instinctive, instinctual, klutzy, know-nothing, kooky, lifeless, loony, loutish,
lumpish, mad, maudlin, maundering, mentally deficient, mindless, moronic, naive, nescient, nonconscious, nonrational, numskulled, nutty, oafish, obtuse,
opaque, pea-brained, purblind, raw, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental,
short, silent, silly, simple, simple-minded, slow, slow-witted, snug, sottish, soulless, sparing of words, speechless, stricken dumb, stunned, stupid, subhuman, thick, thick-witted, thickheaded, thoughtless, unacquainted, unanimated, unapprized, uncomprehending, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, unfeeling, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, unintelligent, unknowing, unripe, unteachable, unversed, vacuous, vapid, wacky, wet, witless, wrongheaded
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dumb show |
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acting, aping, bearing,
beck, beckon, body language, carriage, characterization, charade, chironomy, dactylology, deaf-and-dumb alphabet, embodiment, enacting, enactment, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, hand signal, imitation, impersonation, incarnation, kinesics, masquerade, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, motion, movement, pantomime, pantomiming, performance, performing, personation,
personification, playing, poise, portrayal, pose, posing, posture, shrug, sign language, stance
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play dumb |
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be mute, be silent, bosom, classify, conceal, file and forget, forswear speech, hold out on, in petto, keep, keep back, keep between us, keep buttoned up, keep close, keep dark, keep from,
keep in ignorance, keep mum, keep quiet, keep secret, keep silent, keep snug, keep still,
keep under wraps, make no sign, never let on, not
give away, not tell, say nothing, secrete, shut up, stand mute, veil, withhold
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Main entries similar to: dumb
animal, animalistic, apish, asinine, awkward, backward, batty, beastly, beguiled, besotted, bestial, blankminded, blockish, bovine, brainless, breathless, brief, brusque, brutal, brute, callow, cloddish, close, closemouthed, cluck, cockeyed, concise, crass, crazy, credulous, curt, daffy, daft,
dazed, dense, dimwit, dizzy, doltish, doting, dull, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, dunce, empty, empty-headed, fat, fatuous, featherweight, feeble-minded, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, gauche, goofy, green, groping,
gross, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, inane, inanimate, inarticulate, ineducable, inept, inert, inexperienced, infatuated, innocent, insane, insensate, insensible, insentient, instinctive, klutzy, know-nothing, kooky, laconic, lamebrained, lifeless, loony, lumpish, mad, maudlin,
mindless, moronic, mum, mute, naive, nonliving, nonsensical, nutty,
oafish, opaque, quiet, raw, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental,
short, silence, silent, silly, simple, slow, snug, sottish,
soulless, speechless, stolid, stupid, subhuman, taciturn, tentative, terse, thick, thick-witted, thoughtless, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, unacquainted with, uncomprehending,
unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, unfeeling, unilluminated,
uninformed, uninitiated, unintelligent, unknowing, unripe, unsure, untalkative, unteachable, unversed, vacuous, voiceless, wacky, wet,
witless, wordless, wrongheaded, zoological
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