Meaning of DUMBNESS
Pronunciation: | | 'dumnes
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| Definition: | | [n] the quality of being mentally slow and limited |
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| Synonyms: | | denseness, slow-wittedness |
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| See Also: | | stupidity | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Dumb"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence;
inability to speak.
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| Related Terms: | | anaudia, aphasia, aphonia, asininity, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, brevity, briefness, brusqueness, cloddishness, conciseness, crassness, crudeness, curtness, deaf-muteness, denseness, density, dimness, dim-wittedness, doltishness, dullardism, dullness, dull-wittedness, duncery, economy of words, grossness, hebetude, inarticulateness, laconicalness, laconism, lethargy, loutishness, lumpishness, muteness, mutism, ninnyism, oafdom, oafishness, obmutescence, obtuseness, opacity, pauciloquy, quietness, quietude, shortness, silence, simpletonianism, slowness, sluggishness, sottishness, sparingness of words, speechlessness, stolidity, stupidity, taciturnity, terseness, thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, tonguelessness, unloquaciousness, untalkativeness, unteachability, voicelessness, wordlessness, wrongheadedness, yokelism |
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