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Deaf

Deaf Meaning & Definition
Deaf Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deaf?

[n] people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"
[adj] lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
[v] make or render deaf

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deaf: deaf as a post | deaf to(p) | deaf-and-dumb | deafen | deafened | deaf-mute | hard-of-hearing | hearing-impaired | inattentive | profoundly deaf | stone-deaf | tone-deaf | unhearing | unheeding | unlistening(a)

Related Terms | Find terms related to Deaf: authoritarian | bigot | bigoted | blind | borne | bullheaded | closed | constricted | cramped | creedbound | deaf and dumb | deaf to reason | deaf-eared | deafened | deaf-mute | dogmatic | dull-eared | earless | fanatical | hard of hearing | headstrong | heedless | hidebound | illiberal | impervious | indifferent | insensible | insensitive | insular | intractable | little | little-minded | mean | mean-minded | mean-spirited | mulish | narrow | narrow-hearted | narrow-minded | narrow-souled | narrow-spirited | nearsighted | oblivious | parochial | pertinacious | perverse | petty | pigheaded | positive | preoccupied | provincial | purblind | self-willed | shortsighted | small | small-minded | stone-deaf | straitlaced | stubborn | stuffy | stunned | surd | thick of hearing | tone-deaf | uncatholic | uncharitable | unconcerned | unconscious | ungenerous | unhearing | unheedful | unliberal | unmoved | unpersuadable | unresponsive | unyielding | word-deaf

See Also | deaf person | desensitise | desensitize | people

Deaf In Webster's Dictionary

\Deaf\ (?; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. de['a]f; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. d["o]v, Sw. d["o]f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr. ? (for ?) blind, ? smoke, vapor, folly, and to G. toben to rage. Cf. {Dum}b.] 1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man. Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --Shak. 2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason. O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! --Shak. 3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight. --Dryden. 4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.] A deaf murmur through the squadron went. --Dryden. 5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught. --Holland. {Deaf and dumb}, without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. See {Deaf-mute}.
\Deaf\ (?; 277), v. t. To deafen. [Obs.] --Dryden.

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