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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Howard County's policy requires all cell phones and other personal tech devices to be out of sight and silenced during the school day.

— Kellye Lynn, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Any talk of loaning the former Leicester City youngster out has been long since silenced by the speed of his development.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of silenced

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That surge has quieted now, as is to be expected whenever a superstar of Grande’s caliber returns.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Cool water washed over my feet as the waves rolled in and out, and the steady rhythm of the ocean gradually quieted everything else.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of quieted

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Across Asia-Pacific, it's been a mixed session during the final trading day of the week, while muted gains for European stocks look set to leave the major equity markets in the red for the week.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci told CNBC on Tuesday that bitcoin’s volatility was muted after cryptocurrency miners redirected their computing power toward AI stocks.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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