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dumb

/dʌm/

dumbverb

dumbed

Präteritum

dumbed

Partizip Perfekt

dumbing

Gerundium

/dʌm/

Übersetzungen

оглушать

The loud noise can dumb your senses temporarily.

Громкий шум может временно оглушить ваши чувства.

Definitionen

To make someone unable to speak.

The shocking news seemed to dumb him, leaving him speechless.

To simplify something so that it becomes less accurate or intellectually rigorous (usually with the particle “down”).

The publisher asked the author to dumb down the scientific terminology for a wider audience.

Synonyme

shut up

render mute

dumb down

dumbadjektiv

dumber

Komp.

dumbest

Super.

/dʌm/

Übersetzungen

немой

The dumb man could not speak.

Немой человек не мог говорить.

глупый

It was a dumb decision to go out in the storm.

Это было глупое решение выйти в шторм.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

бестолковый

безмолвный

тупой

Definitionen

Lacking the power of speech; mute.

The dumb child communicated through sign language.

Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak.

She was struck dumb with amazement at the sight.

Lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid.

It was a dumb decision to leave the keys in the car.

Silent; making no sound.

The alarm was set to a dumb mode, remaining completely silent throughout the night.

Synonyme

Antonyme

dumbadverb

/dʌm/

Used colloquially in American English as an intensifier meaning "extremely; very"

Definitionen

(US slang) Extremely; very.

That exam was dumb hard, I barely finished on time.

Synonyme