DUMBED Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

dumbed

verb

past tense of dumb

as in shushed

to stop the noise or speech of the terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears

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As the moment unfolded, Savannah shushed the future king and even briefly placed her hand over his mouth in an effort to keep him composed.

— Staff Author, InStyle, 13 June 2026
The Giants offense got shushed Wednesday night by Shohei Ohtani, and their hitters went down almost as quietly against right-hander Emmet Sheehan.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 15 May 2026

Definition of shushed

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Kyle Tucker silenced a season’s worth of criticism with a 408-foot, two-run homer in the sixth, giving Dodgers breathing room in a 5-3 NLDS Game 1 win over Atlanta.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
What’s worse, the law put the onus on them to ask to be silenced.

— Gretchen Carlson, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of silenced

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Initial jobless claims have remained muted, while continuing claims for benefits are at their lowest level in more than three years, new data showed Thursday.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Instead of the live stream being cut, or at the very least muted between players talking to reporters, KCRA's rolled on, and two female reporters in attendance were caught making quite the admissions about LaVine and Simmons.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of muted

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The normally festive and rowdy crowd inside the basketball arena in Dallas quickly hushed as a five-minute memorial video began playing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Moments ago, the courtroom was hushed when the mistrial was declared, marking an emotional close for this jury in the nearly six-week trial.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of hushed

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To double down further, Sony dropped the teaser — intentionally — on the same day Meta settled its child-harm case filed by numerous attorneys general.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
The government forces settled into a more defensive posture after the defeat in the southwest.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of settled

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Rebecca’s hands stilled, and the girl stared at her grandmother, wide-eyed.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
Both the Moody Mansion and the 1892 Bishop’s Palace are museums stilled in time and filled with the marks of late 19th-century splendor.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 July 2026

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