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

  • (..) Yeah? Yeah, you got something to say Murphy? Vallon's our case. You got two years without no arrests, no nothin. He's got to be dumb or dirty. You got something on us? Or is this personal? No, it's nothin personal. Although I don't like you as a person. Okay, you two, out. (..)
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