Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Lacking the ability to speak or considered not intelligent.
Dumb
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Examples:
They can't make us dumber.As for Clyde he was numb and dumb."Henry, don't play dumb with me.
Etymology:
From Middle English dum, from Old English dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, meaning unable to speak, mute.
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