dumbness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

denseness slow-wittedness hush aphasia density silence censorship ignorance blindness illiteracy folly stupidity foolishness slowness reticence
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Antonyms

education knowledge modulation enlightenment composition debate
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Hypernyms

stupidity

Related terms

dumb

Examples

A topic that sometimes succeeds in being fully resolved with the help of long explanations in speech or writing, with arguments and letter, but more often fails the harder it is pursued, can be resolved by dumbness in a single hour. Halldór Laxness

The surest way to smartness is through massive dumbness. Kevin Kelly (editor)

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit. Theodor Adorno

The only thing wrong with the NBA - or any other professional sport, for that matter - is a wild epidemic of Dumbness and overweening Greed. There is no Mystery about it, and no need to change any rules. Hunter S. Thompson

It is hard to ignore the prima facie dumbness that got us bogged down in this nasty war in the first place. Hunter S. Thompson

Happens to me all the time...People are always underestimating my dumbness. Janet Evanovich

Close letter words and terms

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