English-Thai Dictionary

dumb

ADJ โง่  ไม่ ฉลาด  unintelligent dopey idiotic intelligent smart ngo

 

dumbbell

N คนโง่ (คำ สแลง  kon-ngo

 

dumbbell

N ที่ ยกน้ำหนัก  ดัม เบล  ท่อน เหล็ก ยกน้ำหนัก  duffer thickhead ti-yok-nam-nak

 

dumbfound

VT ทำให้ ประหลาดใจ อย่างมาก  ทำให้ แปลกใจ อย่างมาก  ทำให้ ตะลึงงัน  astound amaze awe tam-hai-pra-lad-jai-yang-mak

 

dumbly

ADV อย่าง พูด อะไร ไม่ ออก  อึ้ง  mutely yang-pud-ar-rai-mai-ook

 

dumbness

N ความบ้า ใบ้  ความ เงียบ  muteness kwam-ba-bai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DUMB

a.Dum. 1. Mute; silent; not speaking.
I was dumb with silence; I held my peace. Psalm 39:2.
2. Destitute of the power of speech; unable to utter articulate sounds; as the dumb brutes. The asylum at Hartford in Connecticut was the first institution in America for teaching the deaf and dumb to read and write.
3. Mute; not using or accompanied with speech; as a dumb show; dumb signs.
To strike dumb, is to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or it may be, to deprive of the power of speech.

 

DUMB

v.t.To silence.

 

DUMBLY

adv. dumly. Mutely; silently; without words or speech.

 

DUMBNESS

n.Dumness. 1. Muteness; silence or holding the peace; omission of speech. This is voluntary dumbness.
2. In capacity to speak; inability to articulate sounds. This is involuntary dumbness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DUMB

Dumb, a. Etym: [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. Deaf, and cf. Dummy. ]

 

1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes. To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. Hooker.

 

2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show. This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. Shak. To pierce into the dumb past. J. C. Shairp.

 

3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.] Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. De Foe. Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute. -- Dumb ague, or Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined "chill. " [U.S.] -- Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a "speaking animal. " -- Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. Halliwell. -- Dumb cane (Bot. ), a west Indian plant of the Arum family (Dieffenbachia seguina ), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. -- Dumb crambo. See under crambo. -- Dumb show. (a ) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise. " Shak. (b ) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. -- To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech.

 

Syn. -- Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.

 

DUMB

DUMB Dumb, v. t.

 

Defn: To put to silence. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

DUMB-BELL

DUMB-BELL Dumb "-bell `, n.

 

Defn: A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs ) for gymnastic exercise.

 

DUMBLEDOR

Dum "ble *dor `, n. Etym: [The first part is prob. of imitative origin. See Dor a beetle. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

DUMBLY

DUMBLY Dumb "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In silence; mutely.

 

DUMBNESS

DUMBNESS Dumb "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.

 

DUMB-WAITER

DUMB-WAITER Dumb "-wait `er, n.

 

Defn: A framework on which dishes, food, etc. , are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc. ; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dumb

dumb |dəm dəm | ▶adjective 1 offensive (of a person ) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness: he was born deaf, dumb, and blind. • (of animals ) unable to speak as a natural state and thus regarded as helpless or deserving pity. • [ predic. ] temporarily unable or unwilling to speak: she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse. • [ attrib. ] resulting in or expressed by speechlessness: they stared in dumb amazement. 2 informal stupid: a dumb question. • (of a computer terminal ) able only to transmit data to or receive data from a computer; having no independent processing capability. Often contrasted with intelligent. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (dumb something down ) informal simplify or reduce the intellectual content of something so as to make it accessible to a larger number of people: critics have accused publishers of dumbing down books. • [ no obj. ] (dumb down ) become less intellectually challenging: the need to dumb down for mass audiences. 2 literary make dumb or unheard; silence: a splendor that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue. DERIVATIVES dumb ly adverb, dumb ness noun ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse dumbr and Gothic dumbs ‘mute, ’ also to Dutch dom ‘stupid ’ and German dumm ‘stupid. ’ usage: Although dumb meaning ‘not able to speak ’ is the older sense, it has been overwhelmed by the newer sense (meaning ‘stupid ’) to such an extent that the use of the first sense is now almost certain to cause offense. Alternatives such as speech-impaired should be used instead. See also usage at deaf-mute .

 

Dumbarton

Dumbarton |dʌmˈbɑːt (ə )n | a town in Scotland on the Clyde west of Glasgow, in West Dunbartonshire; pop. 19,500 (est. 2009 ).

 

Dumbarton Oaks

Dum bar ton Oaks |ˈdəmˌbärtn ˈōks dəmˌbɑrtn ˈoʊks | a historic site in Washington, DC, an estate at which plans for the United Nations were formulated at a 1944 meeting.

 

dumb-ass

dumb-ass |dəm æs | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] informal stupid; brainless: dumb-ass politicians.

 

dumbbell

dumb bell |ˈdəmˌbel ˈdəmbɛl | ▶noun 1 a short bar with a weight at each end, used typically in pairs for exercise or muscle-building. • [ as modifier ] shaped like a dumbbell: a dumbbell molecule. 2 informal a stupid person. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: originally denoting an apparatus similar to that used to ring a church bell (but without the bell, so noiseless or “dumb ”); sense 2 (dating from the 1920s ) is an extended use by association with dumb ‘stupid. ’

 

dumb blonde

dumb blonde (also dumb blond ) ▶noun informal a blond-haired woman perceived in a stereotypical way as being attractive but unintelligent.

 

dumb cane

dumb cane ▶noun a thick-stemmed plant with large variegated leaves, native to tropical America and widely grown as a houseplant. [Genus Dieffenbachia, family Araceae: several species, in particular the Caribbean D. seguine, which has a poisonous sap that swells the tongue and temporarily disables the power of speech. ]

 

dumb cluck

dumb cluck ▶noun informal a stupid person.

 

dumbfound

dumb found |ˈdəmˌfound ˈˌdəmˈˌfaʊnd |(also dumfound ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be dumbfounded ) greatly astonish or amaze: they were dumbfounded at his popularity. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: blend of dumb and confound .

 

dumbhead

dumb head |ˈdəmˌhed ˈdəmhɛd | ▶noun informal a stupid person.

 

dumb iron

dumb i ron ▶noun historical a curved side piece of a vehicle chassis, to which the front springs are attached.

 

dumbo

dum bo |ˈdəmbō ˈdəmboʊ | ▶noun ( pl. dumbos ) informal a stupid person. ORIGIN 1950s: from dumb + -o, popularized by the 1941 cartoon film Dumbo .

 

dumb piano

dumb piano ▶noun a dummy piano keyboard for exercising the fingers.

 

dumbshow

dumb show |ˈdəmˌSHō ˈdəmˌʃoʊ |(also dumb show ) ▶noun gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime: they demonstrated in dumbshow how the tea should be made. • a piece of dramatic mime: there were gags, spoofs, and dumbshows. • (esp. in English drama of the 16th and 17th centuries ) a part of a play acted in mime to summarize, supplement, or comment on the main action.

 

dumbsize

dumb size |ˈdəmˌsīz ˈdəmsaɪz | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a company ) reduce staff numbers to levels so low that work can no longer be carried out effectively. ORIGIN 1990s: humorously, on the pattern of downsize .

 

dumbstruck

dumb struck |ˈdəmˌstrək ˈdəmˈstrək | ▶adjective so shocked or surprised as to be unable to speak: he was dumbstruck with terror.

 

dumb waiter

dumb wait er |dəm ˈweɪdər | ▶noun 1 a small elevator for carrying things, esp. food and dishes, between the floors of a building. 2 Brit. a movable table, typically with revolving shelves, used in a dining room.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dumb

dumb |dʌm | ▶adjective 1 (of a person ) unable to speak, most typically because of congenital deafness: he was born deaf, dumb, and blind. • (of animals ) unable to speak as a natural state and thus regarded as helpless or deserving pity. • [ predic. ] temporarily unable or unwilling to speak: she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse. • [ attrib. ] resulting in or expressed by speechlessness: they stared in dumb amazement. 2 informal, chiefly N. Amer. stupid: a dumb question. 3 (of a computer terminal ) able only to transmit data to or receive data from a computer; having no independent processing capability. Often contrasted with intelligent. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (dumb something down ) informal simplify or reduce the intellectual content of something so as to make it accessible to a larger number of people: the producers categorically deny that they're dumbing down the show. • [ no obj. ] (dumb down ) become less intellectually challenging: the need to dumb down for mass audiences. 2 literary make dumb or unheard; silence: a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue. PHRASES dumb luck pure chance: finally, through dumb luck, it worked and I got a network connection. play dumb pretend to be unintelligent or unaware in order to deceive someone or gain an advantage: ‘Hide what? ’ Aubrey said, still playing dumb. DERIVATIVES dumbly adverb, dumbness noun ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse dumbr and Gothic dumbs ‘mute ’, also to Dutch dom ‘stupid ’ and German dumm ‘stupid ’. usage: Although dumb meaning ‘not able to speak ’ is the older sense, it has been overwhelmed by the newer sense (meaning ‘stupid ’) to such an extent that the use of the first sense is now almost certain to cause offence. Alternatives such as speech-impaired should be used instead.

 

Dumbarton

Dumbarton |dʌmˈbɑːt (ə )n | a town in Scotland on the Clyde west of Glasgow, in West Dunbartonshire; pop. 19,500 (est. 2009 ).

 

Dumbarton Oaks

Dum bar ton Oaks |ˈdəmˌbärtn ˈōks dəmˌbɑrtn ˈoʊks | a historic site in Washington, DC, an estate at which plans for the United Nations were formulated at a 1944 meeting.

 

Dumbartonshire

Dum |bar ¦ton |shire variant spelling of Dunbartonshire.

 

dumb-ass

dumb-ass ▶adjective [ attrib. ] N. Amer. informal stupid; brainless: dumb-ass politicians.

 

dumb-bell

dumb-bell ▶noun 1 a short bar with a weight at each end, used typically in pairs for exercise or muscle-building. • [ as modifier ] shaped like a dumb-bell: a dumb-bell molecule. 2 N. Amer. informal a stupid person. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: originally denoting an apparatus similar to that used to ring a church bell (but without the bell, so noiseless or ‘dumb ’); sense 2 (dating from the 1920s ) is an extended use by association with dumb ‘stupid ’.

 

dumb blonde

dumb blonde ▶noun informal a blonde-haired woman perceived in a stereotypical way as being attractive but unintelligent.

 

dumb cane

dumb cane ▶noun a thick-stemmed plant with large variegated leaves, native to tropical America and widely grown as a houseplant. ●Genus Dieffenbachia, family Araceae: several species, in particular the Caribbean D. seguine, which has a poisonous sap that swells the tongue and destroys the power of speech.

 

dumb cluck

dumb cluck ▶noun informal a stupid person.

 

dumbfound

dumb |found |dʌmˈfaʊnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] greatly astonish or amaze: she was dumbfounded at the sight that met her eyes | [ as adj ] : a dumbfounded look on her face. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: blend of dumb and confound .

 

dumbhead

dumb |head |ˈdʌmhɛd | ▶noun N. Amer. informal a stupid person.

 

dumb iron

dumb iron ▶noun historical a curved side piece of a vehicle chassis, to which the front springs are attached.

 

dumbo

dumbo |ˈdʌmbəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. dumbos ) informal a stupid person. ORIGIN 1950s (originally US ): from dumb + -o, popularized by the 1941 cartoon film Dumbo .

 

dumb piano

dumb piano ▶noun a dummy piano keyboard for exercising the fingers.

 

dumbshow

dumb |show |ˈdʌmʃəʊ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime: they demonstrated in dumbshow how the tea should be made. • [ count noun ] a piece of dramatic mime: there were gags, spoofs, and dumbshows. • [ count noun ] (especially in English drama of the 16th and 17th centuries ) a part of a play acted in mime to summarize, supplement, or comment on the main action.

 

dumbsize

dumb |size ▶verb [ no obj. ] chiefly US (of a company ) reduce staff numbers to levels so low that work can no longer be carried out effectively. ORIGIN 1990s: humorously, on the pattern of downsize .

 

dumbstruck

dumb |struck |ˈdʌmstrʌk | ▶adjective so shocked or surprised as to be unable to speak: he was dumbstruck with terror.

 

dumb waiter

dumb wait ¦er ▶noun 1 a small lift for carrying things, especially food and crockery, between the floors of a building. 2 Brit. a movable table, typically with revolving shelves, used in a dining room.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dumb

dumb adjective 1 she stood dumb while he shouted: mute, speechless, tongue-tied, silent, at a loss for words; taciturn, uncommunicative, untalkative, tight-lipped, close-mouthed; informal mum. 2 informal he is not as dumb as you'd think: stupid, unintelligent, ignorant, dense, brainless, mindless, foolish, slow, dull, simple, empty-headed, stunned, vacuous, vapid, idiotic, half-baked, imbecilic, bovine; informal thick, dim, moronic, dopey, dozy, thickheaded, fat-headed, birdbrained, pea-brained; daft. ANTONYMS clever. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See stupid . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

dumbfound

dumbfound verb she was dumbfounded by Bruce's actions: astonish, astound, amaze, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, confound, stupefy, daze, take aback, stop someone in their tracks, strike dumb, leave open-mouthed, leave aghast; informal flabbergast, floor, bowl over.

 

dumbfounded

dumbfounded adjective a dumbfounded audience: astonished, astounded, amazed, staggered, surprised, startled, stunned, confounded, nonplussed, stupefied, dazed, dumbstruck, open-mouthed, speechless, thunderstruck; taken aback, disconcerted; informal flabbergasted, flummoxed, bowled over, blown away, floored.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dumb

dumb adjective 1 he was born deaf and dumb | she stood dumb while he poured out a stream of abuse: mute, unable to speak, without the power of speech; speechless, tongue-tied, wordless, silent, at a loss for words, voiceless, inarticulate, taciturn, uncommunicative, untalkative, tight-lipped, close-mouthed, saying nothing; informal mum; technical aphasic, aphonic. 2 informal he is not as dumb as he wants people to believe. See stupid (sense 1 ).

 

dumbfound

dumbfound verb she was dumbfounded by Bruce's actions: astonish, astound, amaze, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, confound, stupefy, daze, nonplus; throw, shake, unnerve, disconcert, discompose, bewilder; take someone's breath away, take by surprise, take aback, shake up, stop someone in their tracks, strike dumb, leave open-mouthed, leave aghast, catch off balance; informal flabbergast, floor, knock for six, knock sideways, knock out, knock the stuffing out of, bowl over, blow someone's mind, blow away.

 

dumbfounded

dumbfounded adjective when you told me I had won I was dumbfounded: astonished, astounded, amazed, staggered, surprised, startled, stunned, confounded, nonplussed, stupefied, dazed, dumbstruck, open-mouthed, agape, speechless, at a loss for words, thunderstruck, goggle-eyed, wide-eyed; taken aback, thrown, shaken, unnerved, disconcerted, discomposed, bewildered; informal flabbergasted, floored, flummoxed, knocked for six, knocked sideways, knocked out, bowled over, blown away, unable to believe one's eyes /ears; Brit. informal gobsmacked.

 

Duden Dictionary

Dumbshow

Dumb show , Dumb Show Substantiv, feminin , die Dumb Show |ˈdʌmʃoʊ |die Dumbshow; Genitiv: der Dumbshow, Plural: die Dumbshows die Dumb Show; Genitiv: der Dumb Show, Dumb Shows englisch ; »stumme Schau « Pantomime im älteren englischen Drama, die vor der Aufführung die Handlung verdeutlichen sollte

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dumb

dumb /dʌm / (! 語末 -mbのbは発音しない; →lamb 語源 ) 形容詞 比較なし /2 は ～er ; ～est 1 ｟しばしば けなして ｠〈人が 〉 (発声器官障害で生来 )口がきけない , しゃべれない (｟遠回しに ｠speech-impaired ).2 ｟主に米 くだけて ｠〈人 物 事が 〉愚かな , ばかな (stupid )▸ a dumb thing [guy ]愚かな事 [やつ ]▸ How dumb do you think I am? 私はそんなにばかじゃないよ (!侮辱的な言葉への応答 ) ▸ play dumb 愚かな [知らぬ ]ふりをする ▸ a dumb ass まぬけ 3 〖be ～〗〈人が 〉【驚き 怒りで 】口がきけない, しゃべれない «with » ▸ I was struck dumb at the scene .私はその光景を見てショックのあまり口がきけなかった 4 〈動物が 〉口がきけない, 物言わぬ ▸ dumb animals [beasts ]物言わぬ動物たち 5 ｟文 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗音 [声 ]を出さない, 無言の ▸ dumb acceptance 無言の承諾 6 〖通例be ～〗口をつぐんで, 黙って (silent ); 無口な .動詞 他動詞 ｟詩 文 ｠…を黙らせる .d ù mb A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]｟くだけて 否定的に ｠A 〈難しい事 〉をかみくだいて説明する, A 〈教材など 〉のレベルを下げる .～̀ bl ó nde ｟くだけて ｠性的魅力があるが愚かな女性 .～̀ cl ú ck ｟俗 ｠まぬけ .～́ sh ò w 無言の身ぶり ; 黙劇, 無言劇 ; パントマイム .d ú mb ly 副詞 d ú mb ness 名詞

 

dumb(-)bell

d ú mb (-)b è ll 名詞 C (鉄製または木製の )亜鈴, ダンベル . a p à ir of d ú mbbells ｟主に米 くだけて ｠ばか, あほ .

 

dumbfound

d ù mb f ó und ｟まれ ｠d ù m -動詞 他動詞 〈物 事 人が 〉〈人 〉を (物が言えないほど )驚かせる, 唖然 （あぜん ）とさせる .

 

dumbfounded

d ù mb f ó und ed ｟まれ ｠d ù m -/-ɪd /形容詞 〈人が 〉 «…に /…を見て /…して /…ということに » (物が言えないほど )驚いて [唖然 （あぜん ）として ]いる «by /at /to do /that 節 » ; 〈表情 人などが 〉唖然とした .

 

dumbo

dum bo /dʌ́mboʊ /名詞 複 ～s C ｟くだけて ｠ばか .

 

dumbstruck

d ú mb str ù ck 形容詞 (驚き 混乱のあまり )物も言えない, ぼうぜんとした .

 

dumbwaiter

d ù mb w á iter 名詞 C 1 ｟米 ｠(料理 食器などを運ぶ )小型エレベーター (→lift ).2 ｟英 ｠(料理をのせる )回転式小型テーブル (｟主に米 ｠lazy Susan ).