dumbness

dumbness
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-wittedness, dimness, doltishness, dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, duncery, economy of words, grossness, hebetude, inarticulateness, laconicalness, laconism, lethargy, loutishness, lumpishness, muteness, mutism, ninnyism, oafdom, oafishness, obmutescence, obtuseness, opacity, pauciloquy, quietness, quietude, shortness, silence, simpletonianism, slowness, sluggishness, sottishness, sparingness of words, speechlessness, stolidity, stupidity, taciturnity, terseness, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, tonguelessness, unloquaciousness, untalkativeness, unteachability, voicelessness, wordlessness, wrongheadedness, yokelism

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  • Dumbness — Dumb ness, n. The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dumbness — can refer to: * Speech disorder * Stupidity …   Wikipedia

  • dumbness — 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 …   English terms dictionary

  • dumbness — noun see dumb I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dumbness — See dumbly. * * * …   Universalium

  • dumbness — 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] …   Wiktionary

  • dumbness — n. see mutism …   Medical dictionary

  • dumbness — 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,… …   English dictionary for students

  • dumbness — n. muteness, speechlessness, inability to speak; stupidity …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dumbness — dumb·ness …   English syllables

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