dumb
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Is dumb a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech.Examples: "deaf, dumb, and blind"; "His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language."; "to unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures"Synonyms: mute, speechless, wordlessdated
2. (archaic) Not talkative; taciturn or unwilling to speak.archaic
3. (dated) Having no input or voice in running things.Examples: "Life was never a May-game for men; in all times the lot of the dumb-millions born to toil was defaced with manifold sufferings, injustices, heavy burdens, avoidable and unavoidable; not play at all, but hard work that made the sinews sore, and the heart sore."dated
4. (dated, of things, actions, etc.) Unaccompanied by words or speech, silent, wordless.Examples: "dumb show"; "Since you are tongue-tied and so loath to speak In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts"; "O let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast […]"datedusually
5. (dated) Not producing any sound, silent.Examples: "[…] Thro’ lands where not a leaf was dumb; But all the lavish hills would hum The murmur of a happy Pan: […]"dated
6. (informal, derogatory, especially of a person) Stupid.Examples: "You are so dumb! You don't even know how to make toast!"Synonyms: feeble-minded, idiotic, moronic, stupid, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brainedAntonyms: intelligent, smartderogatoryespeciallyinformal
verb (English)
1. (transitive, dated) To silence.Examples: "[…] what I would have spoke Was beastly dumbed by him."; "The paralysis of the Northern conscience, the dumbing of the Northern voice, were coming to an end."datedtransitive
2. (transitive) To make stupid.Examples: "I think she's dumbing us down, so we won't be smarter than her."transitive
3. (transitive) To represent as stupid.Examples: "Bad-mouthing Neanderthals […] is symptomatic of a need to exclude and even demonize. […] I suggest that the unproven dumbing of the Neanderthals is an example of the same cultural preconception."transitive
4. (transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.Examples: "The ensuing storm caused the department to lower the bar—amid protests that this was dumbing the test down—so that only 80 percent of urban kids would fail."transitive
adv (English)
1. (African-American Vernacular) Very, extremely.Examples: ""What, you don't like your food?" Russo asks. ¶ "Are you kidding? It's dumb good.""; "Yo this shit is crazy how these females are making these doctors rich. My baby moms Miracle is getting surgery in a week or so. She's flying out to Colombia. That shit really baffles me as far as she's concerned, because Miracle is already dumb thick. I'm like damn ma, how big do you want your ass to be?"Synonyms: type, mad, hella, wicked, odee, barenot-comparable
adj (English)
1. (African-American Vernacular, dated) An intensifier expressing contempt; damn, damned.Examples: "Pap came to stand beside her and watched the two play. "That pup has just plum' fell in love with our Sammy, an' Sam's real took by him," Pap said. "It's a dumb shame, too. I talked to Jim, but he's not of a mind to sell.""dated
adj (English)
1. (mnemonic) An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: dream-driven, uplifting, method-driven, behavior-driven.Examples: "Whatever your goals, starting with a DUMB goal gives a great outline and starting off point to start building your plan of action."mnemonicnot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary