dumbness

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (dated, offensive, uncountable, usually) The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
2. (dated, uncountable, usually) Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
3. (dated, uncountable, usually) Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
4. (informal, uncountable, usually) The quality of being stupid or foolish.

Sinonieme

muteness

mutism

foolishness

stupidity

dullness

slow-wittedness

denseness

silence

naiveness

alalia

silliness

speech

speechlessness

stupidness

thirst

tomfoolery

asininity

betise

illiteracy

inability to speak

obtuseness

angry

😠

dummy

echo

fatuity

idiocy

ignorance

madness

Vertalings

Stummheit

mutité

mudez

mutismo

mutisme

mudez

dilsizlik

mutismo

mutismo

mudesa

mutisme

onvermogen om te spreken

amudiment

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: dombenesse

Geërf van Old English: dumbnes

Verwante met Old Frisian: dumbnisse

In summary

From Middle English dombenesse, from Old English dumbnes; equivalent to dumb + -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian dumbnisse (“folly, dumbness”).