Deaf

Quick meaning: Deaf is an adjective meaning Unable (or partially able) to hear.

Meaning

Unable (or partially able) to hear.

More Meanings

1. Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.
2. Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
3. (nonstandard, rare) A deaf person.
4. (obsolete) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
5. (obsolete, UK, dialect) Decayed; tasteless; useless.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To deafen.

Example Sentences

Those people are deaf to reason.

Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf.

Deaf vvith the noyſe I took my haſty flight.

My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.

Word Forms

• deafer
• deafest
• deafs
• deafing
• deafed

Synonyms for deaf

Depending on context, synonyms include hearing-impaired, indifferent, inattentive, unheeding, tone-deaf, deafen.

Antonyms for deaf

Common opposites include cuckoo.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stone-deaf, hearing-impaired, deaf-mute, deafen, tone-deaf, inattentive.

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