dumb

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/dʌm/]

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1. dumb (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To silence.

Example: […] what I would have spoke
Was beastly dumbed by him.

2. dumb (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To make stupid.

Example: I think she's dumbing us down, so we won't be smarter than her.

3. dumb (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To represent as stupid.

Example: Bad-mouthing Neanderthals […] is symptomatic of a need to exclude and even demonize. […] I suggest that the unproven dumbing of the Neanderthals is an example of the same cultural preconception.

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