Definizione monolingua

dumb

dumb (third-person singular simple present dumbs, present participle dumbing, simple past and past participle dumbed)

1. To silence.
   • 1911, Lindsay Swift, William Lloyd Garrison, p. 272,

     The paralysis of the Northern conscience, the dumbing of the Northern voice, were coming to an end.

2. (transitive) To make stupid.
   • 2003, Angela Calabrese Barton, Teaching Science for Social Justice, p. 124,

     I think shes dumbing us down, so we wont be smarter than her.

3. (transitive) To represent as stupid.
   • 2004, Stephen Oppenheimer, The Real Eve: Modern Mans Journey Out of Africa, p. 107,

     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.

4. (transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.
   • 2002, Deborah Meier, In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing, p. 126,

     The ensuing storm caused the department to lower the bar—amid protests that this was dumbing the test down—so that only 80 percent of urban kids would fail.

dumb (comparative dumber, superlative dumbest)

1. Unable to speak; lacking power of speech.

   His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language.

2. (informal, pejorative, especially of a person) extremely stupid.

   You are so dumb because you dont even know how to make toast!

3. (figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.

   This is dumb! Were driving in circles! We should have asked for directions an hour ago!

   Brendan had the dumb job of moving boxes from one conveyor belt to another.

Definizione dizionario dumb

	muto
	unable to speak
	Unable to speak; lacking power of speech.

	stupido
	pointless or unintellectual
	extremely stupid

	muta
	unable to speak

ammutolito

idiota

ottuso

pazzo

scemo

silenzioso

sordo

taciturno

tonta

tonto

Altri significati:

(transitive) To reduce the intellectual demands of.

(figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.

(transitive) To make stupid.

(transitive) To represent as stupid.

To silence.

(informal, pejorative) Of or pertaining to something, especially a person, that is extremely stupid.