deafened
4.7
No longer able to hear because of loud noise or injury
- adjective
- /ˈdɛfənd/
:
sordo
- He realized he was deafened when he couldn't hear his friends calling him from across the street.
Examples
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After the concert, I was deafened by the blaring music and needed a quiet place to recover.
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And so these animals are are deafened at at day zero of this experiment.
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The loud explosion left many people deafened for weeks due to the sudden noise.
Synonyms
deaf
vsdeafened
212
1.0
Not able to hear, completely or partly
emphasizes loss often caused by noise or injury
hard of hearing
vsdeafened
13
3.4
A person who can hear some sounds but not well
also applies when hearing is lost completely as well as partly
hearing-impaired
vsdeafened
7
3.4
Having little or no ability to hear
highlights that loss can follow noise exposure or injury
2
8.6
Unable to hear anything at all
is the neutral description that may include partial hearing loss
stone-deaf
vsdeafened
1
6.7
Unable to hear anything at all
is the general term that can mean partial or total loss
8.2
Not able to hear anything
covers both complete inability and partial loss from causes
How Deaf
Surface Forms
deafened positive
Morphology
Etymology
Deafened comes from the simple word deaf, meaning 'unable to hear', plus the verb ending -en, which means 'make'. So deafened literally means 'made unable to hear', as when a very loud noise makes you stop hearing.