Deafen
['def(ə)n] or ['dɛfən]
Definition
(verb.) make soundproof; 'deafen a room'.
(verb.) make or render deaf; 'a deafening noise'.
(verb.) be unbearably loud; 'a deafening noise'.
Typed by Doreen--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
(v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.
Editor: Philip
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Stun, make deaf.
Editor: Lois
Examples
- See you not the thunderbolt fall, and are deafened by the shout of heaven that follows its descent? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was hammering now again and his ears were deafened by the muzzle blast. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This cabinet dazzled me, it was so full of light: it deafened me, it was clamorous with voices: it stifled me, it was so hot, choking, thronged. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Deafened by the noise, stifled, choked, and blinded by the dust, they hid their faces and stood rooted to the spot. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She heard his words in her unconscious self, CONSCIOUSLY she was as if deafened, she paid no heed to them. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As the din of the drum rose to almost deafening volume Kerchak sprang into the open space between the squatting males and the drummers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A few seconds afterwards, a deafening watery sound came up with awful peal from the spot where they had disappeared. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There was a deafening roar in the little room and the apes at and beyond the door fell over one another in their wild anxiety to escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Everywhere was tumult, exultation, deafening and maniacal bewilderment, astounding noise, yet furious dumb-show. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Suppose the customary loyal toasts drunk; the King's health, the Queen's with deafening vivats; that of the nation 'omitted,' or even 'rejected. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The machine is worked by two steam engines, each of 16-horse power; and the noise of the numerous wheels and rapidly revolving cylinders is almost deafening. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Then an alarm gun bellowed from a ship's bow, its deep boom reverberating in deafening tones beneath the rocky dome of Omean. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Typist: Wesley