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In some senses, dumbness is marked as dated, offensive, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
deaf-mute
VERB + DUMBNESS
equate
DUMBNESS + NOUN
gesture
PREP.
in, with
noun
The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
He was a deaf-mute. His dumbness did not seem to matter when we were boys.
Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
There was speech in their dumbness.
Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.
The quality of being stupid or foolish.
noun — the quality of being mentally slow and limited
He was a deaf-mute. His dumbness did not seem to matter when we were boys.
WiktionaryThere was speech in their dumbness.
WiktionaryTo the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.
WiktionaryMy culture does not equate sexuality with dumbness.
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In some senses, dumbness is marked as dated, offensive, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.