Get to know Dumbness better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like denseness or stupidity.
Dumbness in a sentence
Dumbness meaning
- The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
- Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
- Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
Using Dumbness
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak. | Muteness, silence; abstention from speech. | Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
- Useful related words include: denseness, slow-wittedness, stupidity.
Context around Dumbness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dumbness
- In this selection, "dumbness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bringing and besotted stand out and add context to how "dumbness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include dangerous bringing dumbness besotted infatuation and to her dumbness one of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dumbness" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dumbness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Such encounters could be dangerous, bringing dumbness, besotted infatuation, madness or stroke to the unfortunate human. (16 words)
Regarding intelligence, koalas have the smallest brain-to-body ratio, an aspect that contributes to their dumbness. (17 words)
He preserves his peace of mind by thinking of the incident as a mere mistake that she made owing to her dumbness, one of her most endearing feminine traits. (29 words)
He preserves his peace of mind by thinking of the incident as a mere mistake that she made owing to her dumbness, one of her most endearing feminine traits. (29 words)
Regarding intelligence, koalas have the smallest brain-to-body ratio, an aspect that contributes to their dumbness. (17 words)
Such encounters could be dangerous, bringing dumbness, besotted infatuation, madness or stroke to the unfortunate human. (16 words)
Example sentences (3)
Regarding intelligence, koalas have the smallest brain-to-body ratio, an aspect that contributes to their dumbness.
He preserves his peace of mind by thinking of the incident as a mere mistake that she made owing to her dumbness, one of her most endearing feminine traits.
Such encounters could be dangerous, bringing dumbness, besotted infatuation, madness or stroke to the unfortunate human.