'Deaf' definitions:
Definition of 'deaf'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part [ant: hearing(a)]
adjective
(usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings" [syn: deaf(p), indifferent(p)]
noun
People who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"
verb
Make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" [syn: deafen, deaf]
Definition of 'Deaf'
From: GCIDE
- Deaf \Deaf\ (d[e^]f or d[=e]f; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. de['a]f; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. d["o]v, Sw. d["o]f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr. tyflo`s (for qyflo`s) blind, ty^fos smoke, vapor, folly, and to G. toben to rage. Cf. Dumb.]
- 1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man. [1913 Webster]
- Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason. [1913 Webster]
- O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. [1913 Webster]
- Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- A deaf murmur through the squadron went. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deaf'
From: GCIDE
- Deaf \Deaf\ (?; 277), v. t. To deafen. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deaf'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- authoritarian,
- bigot,
- bigoted,
- blind,
- borne,
- bullheaded,
- closed,
- constricted,
- cramped,
- creedbound,
- deaf and dumb,
- deaf to reason,
- deaf-eared,
- deaf-mute,
- deafened,
- dogmatic,
- dull-eared,
- earless,
- fanatical,
- hard of hearing,
- headstrong,
- heedless,
- hidebound,
- illiberal,
- impervious,
- indifferent,
- insensible,
- insensitive,
- insular,
- intractable,
- little,
- little-minded,
- mean,
- mean-minded,
- mean-spirited,
- mulish,
- narrow,
- narrow-hearted,
- narrow-minded,
- narrow-souled,
- narrow-spirited,
- nearsighted,
- oblivious,
- parochial,
- pertinacious,
- perverse,
- petty,
- pigheaded,
- positive,
- preoccupied,
- provincial,
- purblind,
- self-willed,
- shortsighted,
- small,
- small-minded,
- stone-deaf,
- straitlaced,
- stubborn,
- stuffy,
- stunned,
- surd,
- thick of hearing,
- tone-deaf,
- uncatholic,
- uncharitable,
- unconcerned,
- unconscious,
- ungenerous,
- unhearing,
- unheedful,
- unliberal,
- unmoved,
- unpersuadable,
- unresponsive,
- unyielding,
- word-deaf
Words containing 'Deaf'
- Deafness,
- deaf to,
- Deaf Smith,
- Deaf and dumb,
- Nervous deafness,
- Psychical deafness,
- Word deafness,
- conduction deafness,
- deaf as a post,
- deaf mute,
- deaf person,
- nerve deafness,
- profoundly deaf,
- tone deafness,
- Deaf Smith County,
- Deaf Smith, TX,
- Deaf-mute,
- Stone-deaf,
- deaf-aid,
- deaf-and-dumb,
- deaf-muteness,
- deaf-mutism,
- tone-deaf,
- Deaf Smith County, TX,
- deaf-and-dumb person,
- middle-ear deafness