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deafen

English

Etymology

deaf +? -en (verbal suffix), compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), Old English ?d?afian (“to deafen”), Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d?f?n/
  • Rhymes: -?f?n

Verb

deafen (third-person singular simple present deafens, present participle deafening, simple past and past participle deafened)

  1. (transitive) To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
  2. (transitive) To make soundproof.
    to deafen a wall or a floor
  3. (transitive, rare, dialectal, sometimes figuratively) To stun, as with noise.
    • 1855, Macaulay
      Racine left the ground […] deafened, dazzled and tired to death.

Translations

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deafness

English

Etymology

From deaf +? -ness.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d?fn?s/

Noun

deafness (countable and uncountable, plural deafnesses)

  1. The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.
  2. (figuratively) Lack of knowledge or refusal to admit a particular problem, issue, etc.
    their deafness to her cries

Derived terms

Related terms

  • deaf
  • deafen

Translations

See also

  • anosmia
  • blindness

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