to deafen

Examples

• All

• MIKE: It is deafening in here!

  Here Comes the Boom (2012)

• The noise is still deafening.

  Spaceman (2024)

• Madison Square Garden is on its feet and the noise is deafening!

  Cinderella Man (2005)

• The roar of the engines becomes deafening.

  To Be or Not to Be (1983)

• There is a blur as she heads to the front door and a deafening bang as she leaves.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The applause for each number was deafening, and the cast received a thunderous standing ovation.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The applause is deafening.

  Mandalay (1934)

• In the grand plaza below, a deafening shout erupts from 1,000 gathered souls.

  Academic text (2009)

• The train rumbles past with a deafening blare, and the car lights briefly illuminate his surroundings.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The shrieks of the group above Worf reached deafening proportions, and five more Jarada clattered into view.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

D

to drown

vsto deafen

51 3.3

Cover a sound so it cannot be heard

is about causing personal hearing loss by loud noise rather than general overwhelming

D

to drown out

vsto deafen

37 3.5

To make a sound so loud that you cannot hear another sound

focuses on making a person unable to hear rather than masking one sound

D

to deaf

vsto deafen

4 7.4

To make someone unable to hear temporarily or for a long time

also stresses loud noise blocking other sounds rather than only lasting loss

D

to deave

vsto deafen

• Archaic

9.9

Make someone unable to hear because of very loud or repeated noise

is focused on causing hearing loss without implying stun

How Loud

to deafen

16 4.1

to muffle

64 5.8

to dampen

16 4.4

to quiet

68 3.2

to silence

169 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology