(unable or unwilling to speak)
1unable — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ find yourself …
2Mute — A mute is a person who does not speak, either from an inability to speak or an unwillingness to speak. The term mute is specifically applied to a person who, due to profound congenital (or early) deafness, is unable to use articulate language and …
3dumb — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unable to speak] Syn. silent, mute, voiceless, speechless, inarticulate, wordless, quiet, mum, aphonic, deaf and dumb*; see also mute 1 , quiet 2 . 2. [Temporarily speechless] Syn. speechless, tongue tied, dumbstruck,… …
4dumb — adjective 1》 unable to speak, typically because of congenital deafness. ↘(of animals) unable to speak as a natural state. ↘temporarily unable or unwilling to speak. 2》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. stupid. 3》 (of a computer terminal) having… …
5dumb — ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to speak; lacking the power of speech. 2) temporarily unable or unwilling to speak. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. stupid. 4) (of a computer terminal) having no independent processing capability. ► VERB 1) (dumb down) N …
6dumbly — dumb ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to speak; lacking the power of speech. 2) temporarily unable or unwilling to speak. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. stupid. 4) (of a computer terminal) having no independent processing capability. ► VERB 1) (dumb down) N …
7dumbness — dumb ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to speak; lacking the power of speech. 2) temporarily unable or unwilling to speak. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. stupid. 4) (of a computer terminal) having no independent processing capability. ► VERB 1) (dumb down) N …
8dumb — dumb1 [ dʌm ] adjective * 1. ) INFORMAL stupid: She s so dumb she can t even figure out her answering machine. You gave him your phone number? That was a dumb thing to do. a ) play/act dumb to pretend to not know or understand something: Don t… …
9dumb — I UK [dʌm] / US adjective Word forms dumb : adjective dumb comparative dumber superlative dumbest 1) informal stupid She s so dumb she can t even figure out her answering machine. You gave him your phone number? That was a dumb thing to do. 2) a) …
10Andreas Grassl — (born October 25, 1984) is a German man found in England in April 2005, who remained unidentified for a long time due to his refusal to speak, communicating instead through drawing and playing the piano. During the more than four months that… …
