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Dumb

adjective

Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity. Synonyms: dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow. "Never met anyone quite so dim" , "Although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick" , "Dumb officials make some really dumb decisions" , "He was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse" , "Worked with the slow students"

Temporarily incapable of speaking. Synonym: speechless. "Speechless with shock"

Lacking the power of human speech.

Unable to speak because of hereditary deafness. Synonyms: mute, silent.

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"Dumb" Quotes from Famous Books

... Kafka, advancing suddenly a step forwards from between the slabs. "Do with me? Do you speak of me as though I were a dog—a dumb animal—but ...

— The Witch of Prague • F. Marion Crawford

... not prove his point. Savages are more demonstrative in their expression of all their emotions than we are; but this does not indicate that their emotions are deeper. On the contrary, as the poet has told us, it is the shallow brooks and the shallow passions that murmur; "the deep are dumb." It is a rule of etiquette in civilized society to repress any extravagant demonstration of feeling by gestures; and this is the reason why we are apparently less affected by music than savages. Yet, how difficult it is even to-day to repress the muscular impulses imparted ...

— Chopin and Other Musical Essays • Henry T. Finck

... nightfall is beginning to be felt, and the shepherdess wears a hood and cape. Her face shows her to be a dreamer. These long days in the open air give her many visions to dream of. Her companionship with dumb creatures makes her more thoughtful, perhaps, than many girls ...

— Jean Francois Millet • Estelle M. Hurll

... look after the cattle like a man, and keep up the fires, for there's a storm brewin', and neither the children nor dumb critters must suffer," said Mr. Bassett, as he turned up the collar of his rough coat and put on his blue mittens, while the old mare shook her bells as if she preferred a trip to Keene ...

— Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI - An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. • Louisa M. Alcott

... an iron Fate lorded it, with dumb force, over the widespread families of men. A gloomy oppression swathed their anxious souls: the Earth was boundless, the abode of the gods and their home. From eternal ages stood its mysterious structure. Beyond ...

— Rampolli • George MacDonald

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