DUMBNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dumbness mean? 

• DUMBNESS (noun)
  The noun DUMBNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being mentally slow and limited

  Familiarity information: DUMBNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUMBNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being mentally slow and limited

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

denseness; dumbness; slow-wittedness

Hypernyms ("dumbness" is a kind of...):

stupidity (a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience)

Derivation:

dumb (slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity)