āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻ, āĻŦā§āĻāĻž
lacking intelligence or the ability to think clearly
Dialect
American
American
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Despite repeated explanations, she remained dumb to the complexities of the subject.
āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¨āĻž â āĻĒā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
02
āĻŽā§āĻ, āĻŦāĻ§āĻŋāĻ° āĻ āĻŽā§āĻ
unable to speak
Offensive
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The temporary illness left her temporarily dumb, unable to vocalize her thoughts.
āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ¤āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĨ¤
03
āĻŽā§āĻ, āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŦ
momentarily silent by choice or circumstance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The witness went dumb under crossâexamination and offered no further testimony.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸-āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
04
āĻŽā§āĻ, āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŦ
showing or producing a state of speechless astonishment, disbelief, or stunned silence as an expressive quality
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They gaped in dumb bewilderment at the scale of the damage.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ°āĻāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ, āĻā§āĻŦ
(New York) used for emphasis to mean really or very
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
That movie was dumb funny; I could n't stop laughing.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛; āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
dumbly
dumbness
dumb
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
