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dumm — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • asinine adj Extremely foolish or lacking common sense.
  • brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
  • dull adj Boring; lacking interest or excitement.
  • dumb adj Stupid or unintelligent; showing poor judgment.
  • foolish adj Lacking good sense; unwise or silly.
  • lackwit noun A witless person; a fool.
  • silly adjective Foolish or lacking good sense; done or said in a way that invites laughter.
  • slight adj Small in degree or amount; minor.
  • slow adj Moving, acting, or happening at a low speed; not fast.
  • stupid adj Lacking intelligence or common sense.
  • witless adjective Lacking intelligence or common sense; foolish.

Senses

dumm is used for these senses in English:

  • asinine Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.
  • brute Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans). [from 16th c.]
  • dull Not bright or intelligent; stupid; having slow understanding.
  • dumb (informal, pejorative, especially of a person) Stupid.
  • dumb (figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.
  • foolish (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
  • foolish Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
  • lackwit Foolish; idiotic or simple-minded.

brute — full definition

  1. noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
  2. adjective Purely physical, with no reasoning or subtlety involved.

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