💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dumbify"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dumb | (informal, derogatory, especially of a person) Stupid. |
| stupidifyverb | (transitive, intransitive, informal) To make stupider or promote stupidity. |
| dumbenverb | (transitive, rare) To make dumb. |
| dumb downverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending. |
| bedumbverb | (transitive) To make or render dumb, or mute. |
| duncifyverb | (transitive) To make stupid in intellect. |
| idiotizeverb | To make, become, or deem idiotic or stupid. |
| dull | Boring; not exciting or interesting. |
| downgradenoun | A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating. |
| dozzlenoun | (chiefly North-country English dialectal) the tobacco left at the bottom of a pipe and put on the top of the next fill: dottle; in a general sense, a plug or a cap to top something off. |
| stultifyverb | (transitive) To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting. |
| dumbfounderverb | (transitive) To dumbfound. |
| fordullverb | (transitive, obsolete) To make dull; stupefy. |
| dozenoun | A light, short sleep or nap. |
| dullennoun | (transitive, nonstandard) To make dull or duller; to dull. |
| undumbverb | Not dumb (in various senses). |
| stupifyverb | Alternative form of stupefy. [(transitive, especially law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.] |
| outdumbverb | (transitive) To surpass in dumbness; to be dumber than. |
| barnumizeverb | To promote with bombast, exaggeration, or outright falsehood; to hype or sensationalize. |
| dumbsizeverb | (informal) To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient. |
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