Dumb: alternatives and connections

Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.

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Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words.

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Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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

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

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Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense c…

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Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

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Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.

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To cast off; to molt.

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Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

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Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.

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