Deaf
[def] or [dɛf]
Definition
(noun.) people who have severe hearing impairments; 'many of the deaf use sign language'.
(adj.) lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part .
(adj.) (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; 'deaf to her warnings' .
Typed by Greta--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
(a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
(a.) Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
(a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
(a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
(v. t.) To deafen.
Typist: Steven
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Hard of bearing, dull of hearing.
Checked by Bernie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Surd, hard_of_hearing, disinclined, averse, inexorable, insensible, rumbling,inaudible, heedless, dead
ANT:Acute, listening, disposed, interested, attentive, willing, susceptible,sensible, alive
Edited by Christine
Definition
adj. dull of hearing: unable to hear at all: not willing to hear: inattentive.—v.t. Deaf′en to make deaf partly or altogether: to stun: to render impervious to sound.—n. Deaf′ening stuffing put into floors partition-walls &c. to prevent sounds from passing through.—adv. Deaf′ly.—ns. Deaf′-mute one who is both deaf and dumb; Deaf′ness.
Edited by Cheryl
Examples
- His work with his deaf and dumb pupils was all in the line of making sound vibrations visible to the eye. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The new arrival was the Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil, who had once visited Bell’s school for deaf-mutes in Boston. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Don't go on posturing like a Deaf and Dumb School,' said the ingenious Fledgeby, 'but express yourself like a Christian--or as nearly as you can. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I should be blind and deaf if I were not prepared for the reply. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- An audiphone for deaf people. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yes, snarls Mr. Smallweed, my wife's deaf. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Thou art simply deaf. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You ain't in the habit of conversing with a deaf person, are you? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If I should live to be blind and deaf I know I shall see and hear you, in my fancy, to the last of my dim old days! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It needs not to be told;--every day is telling it,--telling it, too, in the ear of One who is not deaf, though he be long silent. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Sean