dumbness
1Dumbness — Dumb ness, n. The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak. [1913 Webster] …
2Dumbness — can refer to: * Speech disorder * Stupidity …
3dumbness — dumb ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to speak; lacking the power of speech. 2) temporarily unable or unwilling to speak. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. stupid. 4) (of a computer terminal) having no independent processing capability. ► VERB 1) (dumb down) N …
4dumbness — noun see dumb I …
5dumbness — See dumbly. * * * …
6dumbness — noun a) The state of being dumb (either mute or dim witted), that is, not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism or from an inability to speak. 1611 Shakespeare, William [first known show, 15 May 1611; posthumous publication, 1623] …
7dumbness — n. see mutism …
8dumbness — Synonyms and related words: anaudia, aphasia, aphonia, asininity, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, brevity, briefness, brusqueness, cloddishness, conciseness, crassness, crudeness, curtness, deaf muteness, denseness, density, dim …
9dumbness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aphonia, muteness, aphony, mutism; deaf mutism, voicelessness; silence, taciturnity, inarticulateness; informal, ignorance. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The avoidance of speech: muteness, silence,… …
10dumbness — n. muteness, speechlessness, inability to speak; stupidity …
