How to pronounce dumb in American English
“dumb” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to dumb the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “dumb” in: all accents · British English (34 clips)
“dumb” in real sentences — American speakers
310 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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MR CASEY: Exceedingly dumb.
State Department
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All right, dumb joke, yes.
NIST
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There are no dumb questions.
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “dumb”
Words one sound away from dumb — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “dumb”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of dumb. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.