Deaf
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
deaf
adj 1: lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in
part [ant: {hearing(a)}]
2: (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed;
"deaf to her warnings" [syn: {deaf(p)}, {indifferent(p)}]
n 1: people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the
deaf use sign language"
v 1: make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" [syn: {deafen},
{deaf}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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. {Dum}b.]
1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part;
unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf
man.
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Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --Shak.
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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.
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O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! --Shak.
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3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
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Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.
--Dryden.
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4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.]
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A deaf murmur through the squadron went. --Dryden.
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5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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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.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "deaf":
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,
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