deafeningly
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4.4
- adverb
- /ˈdɛfənɪŋli/
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ensordecedoramente
- She had cried herself sick the night before her wedding, and during muhurtham, when the drums went deafeningly up-tempo, the coffee she'd had that morning burned her throat.
- deafeningly loud
Examples
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We hear crowd noise and marching band music, deafeningly loud, as we superimpose the legend:
Fiction book (1991) -
The thunder came at the same time, deafeningly.
Fiction book (1994) -
" One one thousand... two one thousand..." The thunder crashed, deafeningly loud and very close.
Fiction book (1990) -
[Roaring deafeningly]
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So in the gig, I had real trouble hearing myself—and I've played in a number of rock bands. Live sound is always an issue, especially when you play keyboards, and the typical attitude is "if you have the keyboards anywhere near the guitars in volume level, we will say you are playing too deafeningly loud."
Blog text (9) -
The music was playing deafeningly, drowning out all other sounds.
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During the concert, the crowd cheered deafeningly for their favorite band.
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The sirens blared deafeningly as the ambulance sped down the street.
Synonyms
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6.2
In a very clear and strong way that people easily notice
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5.1
In a very loud and powerful way like thunder
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7.5
In a very loud or obvious way that people notice easily
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7.4
In a very strong way that is hard to resist
In a very loud and powerful way
Spoken in a very loud and strong voice
In a loud, demanding way that draws attention
To make loud, harsh, and unpleasant sounds
Antonyms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deafeningly comes from deaf ('unable to hear') and the verb deafen ('make deaf'), with -ly to make it an adverb. So it literally means 'so loud it could make you deaf', which is why we use it for noises that are almost impossible to ignore.