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Collocations for dumb - adj.

1. unable to speak

VERBS

be
become, be struck
They were struck dumb with amazement.

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PREPOSITION

with
She sat there, dumb with rage.

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PHRASES

deaf and dumb

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2. (esp. AmE,informal) stupid

VERBS

be, feel, look, seem, sound
I'm sure my question sounded really dumb.
act, play
I decided to act dumb.

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
incredibly
plain (informal)

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Dumb is used with these nouns:
animal, blonde, excuse, joke, kid, luck, mistake, move

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