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5 words match “DUMBNESS”

DUMBNESS n.
The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.
APHRASIA n.
= Dumbness.
DOWNCAST a.
modesty, dejection, or guilt. 'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. - Down"cast`ly, adv. -- Down"cast`ness, n.
DUMMERER n.
One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] Burton.
WORD n.
hough the person affected may hear them and other sounds, and hence is not deaf. -- Word dumbness (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired. -- Word for word, in the exact words; verbatim; literally; exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word. -- Word pain…