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Keywords: Mute, Struck, Unable, Speak, Speechless

Related Terms: Slang , Speak, Gibberish, Say , Tacit, Articulate, Cant, Euphemism, Exclamation, Express, Hesitate, Inarticulate, Interjection, Mute, Nonverbal, Orator, Outspoken, Prate, Pronounce, Proverb, Rhetoric, Sign , Soliloquy, Speaking, Speech, Speech, Stammer, Stuttering, Talk , Tongue, Utter, Utterance, Utterance, Voice, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Selective Mutism, Intelligibility, Speechreading, Non-Verbal Communication, Active Listening, Dysfluency, Paralanguage, Nonverbal Communication, Language Disorder, Speech Act, Parable, Reported Speech, Expression

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Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.

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Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.

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ADJECTIVE: In its past usage, dumb was a synonym for mute, or unable to speak. In its early nineteenth-century usage, it did not automatically reflect anything about mental or intellectual abilities. An example of its continuing use is the expression "dumb struck." It is now considered offensive.

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unable to speak temporarily; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"

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unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

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