English Dictionary

dumbness

名詞

古風 不可算名詞 通常 くだけた表現

(dated) The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.

日本語の意味

（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。

意味（1）

(dated) The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.

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

意味（2）

(dated) Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.

There was speech in their dumbness.

意味（3）

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

To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.

意味（4）

(informal) The quality of being stupid or foolish.

dumbnesses （ plural ）