deaf | | |
n. (group) | 1. deaf | people who have severe hearing impairments.; "many of the deaf use sign language" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| ~ deaf person | a person with a severe auditory impairment. |
v. (perception) | 2. deaf, deafen | make or render deaf.; "a deafening noise" |
| ~ desensitise, desensitize | cause not to be sensitive.; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" |
adj. | 3. deaf | lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part. |
| ~ deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute | lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak. |
| ~ deafened | caused to hear poorly or not at all. |
| ~ hard-of-hearing, hearing-impaired | having a hearing loss. |
| ~ deaf as a post, profoundly deaf, stone-deaf, unhearing | totally deaf; unable to hear anything. |
| ~ tone-deaf | unable to appreciate music. |
adj. | 4. deaf, indifferent | (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed.; "deaf to her warnings" |
| ~ heedless, unheeding | marked by or paying little heed or attention.; "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying" |
unhearing | | |
adj. | 1. deaf as a post, profoundly deaf, stone-deaf, unhearing | totally deaf; unable to hear anything. |
| ~ deaf | lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part. |
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