dumbed

English

Adjective

dumbed (comparative more dumbed, superlative most dumbed)

1. (chiefly literary or poetic) That has been made dumb (speechless).
   • 1963, 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:

     Sharpevilled to spearpoints for revenging / but now our pride-dumbed mouths are wide in wordless supplication

Derived terms

• dumbed-down

 

Verb

dumbed

1. simple past and past participle of dumb

Usage notes

• Often used in compounds.

Related terms

• dumbed-down

References

• “dumbed, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

East Central German

Alternative forms

• deempfed

Adjective

dumbed

1. (Erzgebirgisch) smelly
2. (Erzgebirgisch) sluggish
3. (Erzgebirgisch) dumb, stupid

References

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 34: