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Stupid, dull, dense, crass, dumb mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions. See examples of dumb used in a sentence. Don’t say anything – just act / play dumb (= pretend to be stupid or not to know something).

Definition of dumb adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. 1 day agodumb (comparative dumber, superlative dumbest) (dated) unable to speak; Mute, speechless, wordless deaf, dumb, and blind (set phrase) his younger.

If someone is dumb on a particular occasion, they cannot speak because they are angry, shocked, or surprised. Dumb in the sense “lacking the power of speech” is offensive when applied to humans (but not animals), probably because the word also means “stupid; Dumb, mute, speechless, voiceless describe a condition in which speech is absent.

Dumb was formerly used to refer to persons unable to speak;