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Definition & Synonyms
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• Deaf
- (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
- (a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
- (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
- (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
- (a.) Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
- (v. t.) To deafen.
Synonyms:
Deafen, Indifferent,
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• Deafen
- (v. t.) To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
- (v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.
Synonyms:
Deaf,
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• Deafening
- (n.) The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deafen
Synonyms:
Roaring, Thunderous, Thundery,
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