dumbness

dated uncountable usually informal

Japanese Meaning

（時代的な意味で）口がきけない状態、つまり発声や会話ができない状態

Her sudden dumbness at the family gathering worried everyone, as she had never been so silent around them before.

家族の集まりで彼女が突然話せなくなったことは皆を心配させた。これまで彼女がそんなに黙り込んだことはなかったからだ。

Sense（1）

He was a deaf-mute. His dumbness did not seem to matter when we were boys.

Sense（2）

(dated) Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.

There was speech in their dumbness.

Sense（3）

(dated) Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.

To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.

Sense（4）

(informal) The quality of being stupid or foolish.

dumbnesses

（ plural ）