ту́пость — meaning in English

English meaning

• dullness noun The quality of being slow of understanding things.
• dumbness 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.
• hebetude noun Mental lethargy or dullness.
• stupidity noun The quality of being unintelligent or unwise.

Senses

ту́пость is used for these senses in English:

• dullness The quality of being slow of understanding things; stupidity.
• dumbness (informal) The quality of being stupid or foolish.
• hebetude Mental lethargy or dullness.
• stupidity (uncountable) The property of being stupid.

dullness — full definition

1. noun The quality of being slow of understanding things.
2. noun The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome.
3. noun Lack of interest or excitement.
4. noun The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen.

dumbness — full definition

1. 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.
2. noun Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
3. noun Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
4. noun The quality of being stupid or foolish.

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