dumbed

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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

Verb

dumbed

  1. simple past and past participle of dumb

Usage notes

  • Often used in compounds.

References

East Central German

Alternative forms

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: