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dumbed

dumbed adjective: that has been made dumb (speechless). Also the simple past and past participle of dumb.

Adjective

dumbed (comparative more dumbed, superlative most dumbed)

  1. (literary, poetic) That has been made dumb (speechless).
    • Sharpevilled to spearpoints for revenging / but now our pride-dumbed mouths are wide in wordless supplication1963, Dennis Brutus, “This Sun on this Rubble”, in Gerald Moore, Ulli Beier, editors, Modern Poetry From Africa, new edition, Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, page 214

Also used as

dumbed is also the simple past and past participle of dumb.

Forms of dumbed

comparativemore dumbed
superlativemost dumbed

Words formed from dumbed

Phrases with dumbed

Questions about dumbed

What does dumbed mean?
Dumbed means that has been made dumb (speechless).
What part of speech is dumbed?
Dumbed is an adjective.

Words near dumbed in the dictionary

  1. dumbdom
  2. dumbdumb
  3. dumbdumbs
  4. dumbec
  5. dumbecs
  6. dumbed
  7. dumbed down
  8. dumbed out
  9. dumbed-down
  10. dumbeg
  11. dumbegs

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