dumbing

[US]/dʌm/
[UK]/dʌm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. incapace di parlare; privo di intelligenza o buon giudizio.

Phrases & Collocations

silent dumb

silenzioso stupido

dumbfounded

sbalordito

dumb luck

fortuna avara

dumbstruck

sbalordito

deaf and dumb

sordo e muto

dumb waiter

cameriere muto

Example Sentences

dumb officials; a dumb decision.

funzionari stupidi; una decisione stupida.

He is dumb on the subject.

È tonto sull'argomento.

to remain dumb despite torture

restare muti nonostante la tortura

It was dumb of you to say that.

È stato stupido da parte tua dirlo.

I was dumb with disbelief.

Ero stupido per l'incredulità.

inarticulate with astonishment.See Synonyms at dumb

inarticolato con stupore. Vedi Sinonimi a tonto

I acted dumb at first.

All'inizio ho fatto finta di essere tonto.

he was born deaf, dumb, and blind.

era nato sordo, muto e cieco.

they stared in dumb amazement.

Fissavano con stupore tonto.

They remained dumb at the meeting.

Rimasero tondi al meeting.

It was dumb of him to say yes.

È stato stupido da parte sua dire di sì.

She is very kind to the dumb children.

È molto gentile con i bambini sordi.

He is handsome,but a dumb cluck.

È bello, ma un tonto gallina.

Real-world Examples

She was chubby. She was dumb and grotesquely optimistic.

Era corpulenta. Era stupida e grottescamente ottimista.

Source: Villains' Tea Party

That's why popular people are [bleep] dumb.

Ecco perché le persone popolari sono [bleep] stupide.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

I mean, Valentine's Day's kind of dumb, right?

Voglio dire, San Valentino è un po' stupido, giusto?

Source: Super Girl Season 2 S02

And the flip phone, well, it was just a little bit too dumb for me.

E il telefono a conchiglia, beh, era solo un po' troppo stupido per me.

Source: 30-Day Habit Formation Plan

Or it's already too late and we're just too dumb to know it.

O è già troppo tardi e siamo solo troppo stupidi per saperlo.

Source: The Good Place Season 2

I mean, we can fast forward through the dumb stuff.

Voglio dire, possiamo velocizzare le parti stupide.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

It's because I'm so dumb and I don't even know when I'm doing something dumb.

È perché sono così stupida e non mi rendo nemmeno conto quando sto facendo qualcosa di stupido.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

GPS-guided smart bombs are rendered dumb.

Le bombe intelligenti guidate dal GPS vengono rese stupide.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2018 Collection

Shorty does dumb things all the time.

Shorty fa sempre cose stupide.

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

Oh, my God, this is so dumb.

Oh mio Dio, è così stupido.

Source: Our Day This Season 1

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