Definition of "dumb" in английский

adjective

1. (dated) Unable to speak; lacking power of speech.

   • deaf, dumb, and blind
   • His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language.

2. (archaic) Not talkative; taciturn or unwilling to speak.

3. (dated) Having no input or voice in running things.

4. (dated, of things, actions, etc.) Unaccompanied by words or speech, silent, wordless.

   • dumb show

5. (dated) Not producing any sound, silent.

6. (informal, derogatory, especially of a person) Stupid.

   • You are so dumb! You don't even know how to make toast!

7. (figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.

   • This is dumb! We're driving in circles! We should have asked for directions an hour ago!
   • Brendan had the dumb job of moving boxes from one conveyor belt to another.

8. Lacking some functionality or property ordinarily characteristic of its kind.

9. (of technology) Not equipped with intelligent behavior or processing capabilities of its own.

10. (obsolete, rare) Lacking brightness or clearness as a colour; dim, dull.

verb

1. (transitive, dated) To silence.

2. (transitive) To make stupid.

3. (transitive) To represent as stupid.

4. (transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.

adverb

1. (African-American Vernacular) Very, extremely.

adjective

1. (African-American Vernacular, dated) An intensifier expressing contempt; damn, damned.