| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| stom | ⇆ crass; ⇆ dense; ⇆ dumb; ⇆ fat‐witted; ⇆ inarticulate; ⇆ mumchance; ⇆ mute; ⇆ pitiable; ⇆ silent; ⇆ speechless; ⇆ stupid; ⇆ tuneless; ⇆ voiceless; ⇆ wretched |
| so stom soos ’n vis | ⇆ as mute as a mackerel |
| doofstom | ⇆ deaf and dumb; ⇆ deaf‐mute |
| halfstom | ⇆ semi‐mute |
| stomdronk | ⇆ blind drunk; ⇆ dead drunk |
| stomheid | ⇆ crassitude; ⇆ crassness; ⇆ denseness; ⇆ density; ⇆ dumbness; ⇆ muteness; ⇆ mutism; ⇆ speechlessness; ⇆ voicelessness |
| stomme | ⇆ mute |
| stommerd | ⇆ duffer |
| stommiteit | ⇆ bloomer; ⇆ blunder; ⇆ crassitude; ⇆ crassness; ⇆ folly; ⇆ howler |
| stomverbaas | ⇆ gasping |
| stomvervelend | ⇆ dull as ditch‐water |
| verstom | ⇆ amaze; ⇆ astonished; ⇆ dumbfound; ⇆ dumbfounded; ⇆ speechless; ⇆ thunderstruck |