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dumbify

dumbify verb: to make stupid; to dumb down.

Verb

dumbify (third-person singular simple present dumbifies, present participle dumbifying, simple past and past participle dumbified)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To make stupid; to dumb down.

Forms of dumbify

third-person singular presentdumbifies
present participledumbifying
past participledumbified
pastdumbified

Origin of dumbify

From dumb + -ify.

Questions about dumbify

What does dumbify mean?
Dumbify means to make stupid; to dumb down.
What part of speech is dumbify?
Dumbify is a verb.
What is the past tense of dumbify?
The past tense of dumbify is dumbified.

Words near dumbify in the dictionary

  1. dumbie
  2. dumbies
  3. dumbification
  4. dumbified
  5. dumbifies
  6. dumbify
  7. dumbifying
  8. dumbing
  9. dumbing down
  10. dumbing out
  11. dumbish

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