dumb

Definition

  • verb: to make silent
  • adjective: not showing or having good judgment or intelligence
  • adjective: lacking the human power of speech
  • synonyms: deaden, boeotian, abiotic

Examples

  • She 'played/acted dumb' [=pretended to know or understand less than she really did] so we would assign her the easier tasks.

  • She thinks television is contributing to the 'dumbing down' of America.

  • Cutting training programs will 'dumb down' the American workforce.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Five points... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...will be awarded to each of you... Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,...for sheer dumb luck. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Perhaps you ought to go.\Nlt might wake up. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone