dumb

adjective (SILENT)

/dʌm/

Definition

C1 permanently or temporarily unable to speak: He's been deaf and dumb since birth. She was struck dumb by what she had seen.Handicap and the disabled dumbness

/ˈdʌm.nəs/ noun [U] Handicap and the disabled

(Definition of dumb adjective (SILENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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