deaf
Meaning
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- Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.
- Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.
- Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
- (obsolete) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
- (obsolete) Decayed; tasteless; dead.
Synonyms
deaf person
be hard of hearing
be stone deaf
hearing impairment
hearing loss
become deaf
become mad
hearing impaired
surdity
anacusia
auditory impairment
hearing disability
be deaf
be without hearing
having no ears
without a kernel
deaf man
teebowed
deaf-and-dumb
dull of hearing
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɛf/
Etymology
From Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb.
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