dumb
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(satellite adjective) unable to speak because of hereditary deafness |
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Synonyms: mute, silent |
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(satellite adjective) lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals" |
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(satellite adjective) unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock" |
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Synonyms: speechless |
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(satellite adjective) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" |
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Synonyms: dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow |
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