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dumb
01
prost, tâmpit
struggling to learn or understand things quickly
Dialect
American
American
Exemple
Her dumb decision to skip class resulted in failing grades and academic probation.
Decizia ei prostească de a chiuli de la ore a dus la note necorespunzătoare și probațiune academică.
Despite repeated explanations, she remained dumb to the complexities of the subject.
În ciuda explicațiilor repetate, ea a rămas proastă în fața complexității subiectului.
02
mut, surdomut
unable to speak
Offensive
Old useExemple
He was born deaf and dumb, communicating through sign language.
S-a născut surd și mut, comunicând prin limbajul semnelor.
The temporary illness left her temporarily dumb, unable to vocalize her thoughts.
Boala temporară a lăsat-o temporar mută, incapabilă să-și vocalizeze gândurile.
03
mut, tăcut
momentarily silent by choice or circumstance
Exemple
She stood dumb for several seconds before answering the unexpected accusation.
The witness went dumb under cross‑examination and offered no further testimony.
Martorul a rămas mut sub cross-examinare și nu a oferit alte mărturii.
04
showing or producing a state of speechless astonishment, disbelief, or stunned silence as an expressive quality
Exemple
The photograph left viewers dumb with wonder at the landscape's surreal colors.
Fotografia i-a lăsat pe privitori muți de uimire în fața culorilor surreale ale peisajului.
They gaped in dumb bewilderment at the scale of the damage.
Se uitau cu o uimire mută la scara daunelor.
dumb
01
(New York) used for emphasis to mean really or very
SlangExemple
The food was dumb good, man, I'd totally go back.
That movie was dumb funny; I could n't stop laughing.
Arbore Lexical
dumbly
dumbness
dumb
