Word info Synonyms

deaf and dumb

Speech parts

1. deaf and dumb - Noun

2. deaf and dumb - Adjective

3. deaf and dumb - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

deaf-and-dumb

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Examples

I use the grotesque the way I do because people are deaf and dumb and need help to see and hear. Flannery O’Connor

I was deaf and dumb and blind to all but me, myself and I. Loretta Young

I call my music the healing music ... It makes the blind feel that they can see, the lame feel that they can walk, the deaf and dumb that they can hear and talk. Little Richard

I hated my childhood. It was loathsome. My parents were deaf and dumb. Profoundly so. They could make noises when they were emotionally aroused, but they couldn't form it into speech. Richard Griffiths

And who could play it well enough If deaf and dumb and blind with love? He that made this knows all the cost, For he gave all his heart and lost. William Butler Yeats

According to Sub-Inspector, Haliya Police Station, “At 6.30 am on Thursday, a group of four to five deaf and dumb people came to our police station in a cab and said that two people had self-immolated near Palem village.” Source: Internet

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