deaf as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
- 2
deaf
noun
1 deaf
People who have severe hearing impairments.
verb
1 deaf
Make or render deaf:
— A deafening noise.
synonym: deafen.
Dutch: verdoven
adjective
1 deaf
Lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
Roget 458:
inattentive;
unobservant,
unmindful,
heedless,
unthinking,
unheeding,
undiscerning†;
inadvertent;
mindless,
regardless,
respectless†,
listless
etc.
(indifferent)
866;
blind,
deaf;
bird-witted;
hand over head;
cursory,
percursory†;
giddy-brained,
scatter-brained,
hare-brained;
unreflective,
unreflecting†,
ecervele [Fr.];
offhand;
dizzy,
muzzy†,
brainsick†;
giddy,
giddy as a goose;
wild,
harum-scarum,
rantipole†,
highflying;
heedless,
careless
etc.
(neglectful)
460.
inconsiderate,
thoughtless.
absent,
abstracted,
distrait;
absentminded,
lost;
lost in thought,
wrapped in thought;
rapt,
in the clouds,
bemused;
dreaming on other things,
musing on other things;
preoccupied,
engrossed
etc.
(attentive)
457;
daydreaming,
in a reverie
etc.
n.;
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†;
napping;
dreamy;
caught napping.
disconcerted,
distracted,
put out
etc.
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Roget 419:
deaf,
earless†,
surd;
hard of hearing,
dull of hearing;
deaf-mute,
stunned,
deafened;
stone deaf;
deaf as a post,
deaf as an adder,
deaf as a beetle,
deaf as a trunkmaker†.
inaudible,
out of hearing.
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Polish: niesłyszący, głuchy
2 deaf
usually followed by `to' Unwilling or refusing to pay heed:
— Deaf to her warnings.
synonym: indifferent.
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