dumb

Signification (Anglais)

1. Unable to speak; lacking power of speech (kept in "deaf, dumb, and blind").
2. Not talkative; taciturn or unwilling to speak.
3. Having no input or voice in running things.
4. Unaccompanied by words or speech, silent, wordless.
5. Not producing any sound, silent.
6. (informal) Stupid.
7. Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
8. Lacking some functionality or property ordinarily characteristic of its kind.
9. Not equipped with intelligent behavior or processing capabilities of its own.
10. (obsolete) Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour; dim, dull.

Concepts

dumb

stupid

mute

silent

foolish

speechless

silly

unable to speak

dull

deaf

slow

idiot

idiotic

fool

dim

dense

obtuse

useless

slow-witted

brainless

thick

taciturn

unintelligent

moronic

unthinking

dopey

dim-witted

tongue-tied

humble

meek

inane

imbecilic

dizzy

gormless

crazy

mad

birdbrained

close-mouthed

tight-lipped

uncommunicative

untalkative

weak-headed

be quiet

dead from the neck up

dime

clueless

shallow

vacuous

humorous

madcap

zany

mild

lowly

unlettered

silenced

meaningless

ignorant

irrational

unwarranted

wordless

sottish

gawky

goofy

goon

nitwitted

poky

sap head

sheepish

dumb terminal

dull-witted

loony

featherbrained

stuttered

dumbbell

mentally retarded

dazed

voiceless

be dumb

ass

ignorant person

tongueless

walk-on

anserine

dopy

lunkhead

unfunny

irascible

thirsty

imperceptive

thickheaded

moron

brutish

insane

unreasonable

reckless

unwitting

crass

cretinous

imbecile

inept

anachronistic

bigoted

inactive

obsolete

old-fashioned

addled

airheaded

asinine

dull-minded

fatuous

shit-for-brains

become mad

idiocy

blind

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dʌm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English dumb (“silent, speechless, mute, ineffectual”), from Old English dumb (“silent, speechless, mute, unable to speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz (“dull, dumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). The senses of stupid, unintellectual, and pointless, which are found regularly since the 19th century only, probably developed under the influence of German dumm and Dutch dom. Just like the English word, these originally meant "lacking the power of speech", but they developed the mentioned senses early on. Cognates Cognate with Scots dumb (“dumb, silent”), North Frisian dom, domme (“dumb, stupid”), West Frisian dom (“dumb, stupid”), Dutch dom (“dumb, stupid”), German dumm (“dumb, stupid”), Danish dum (“stupid”), Swedish dum (“stupid”), Icelandic dumbur (“dumb, mute”). See also deaf.