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deaf
[ def ]
adjective
- partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.
- refusing to listen, heed, or be persuaded; unreasonable or unyielding:
deaf to all advice.
- Deaf, of or relating to the Deaf or their cultural community:
Deaf customs and values.
noun
- Deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the ):
social services for the Deaf.
- Usually the Deaf. Deaf persons who identify themselves as members of a community composed of Deaf persons and others who share in their culture.
deaf
/ dɛf /
adjective
- partially or totally unable to hear
- ( as collective noun ; preceded by the ) See also tone-deaf
the deaf
- refusing to heed
deaf to the cries of the hungry
Usage
Pronunciation Note
Derived Forms
- ˈdeafly, adverb
- ˈdeafness, noun
Other Words From
- deaf·ly adverb
- deaf·ness noun
- half-deaf adjective
- non·deaf adjective
- non·deaf·ly adverb
- non·deaf·ness noun
- qua·si-deaf adjective
- qua·si-deaf·ly adverb
- sem·i·deaf adjective
- sem·i·deaf·ness noun
- un·deaf adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of deaf1
Word History and Origins
Origin of deaf1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with deaf , also see fall on deaf ears ; stone deaf ; turn a deaf ear .Example Sentences
If it’s clear that they’re only there to hear themselves or a privileged few speak, it’s probably also true that they are deaf to the concerns of the people they represent.
Apple worked with Washington-based Gallaudet University, which specializes in educating deaf and hard-of-hearing students, to chose which clear mask to use.
It shows the full face so people who are deaf or hard of hearing can better understand what the wearer is saying.
The company hopes to test the technology in patients paralyzed by spinal cord injuries and someday, Musk said, restore the hearing and sight of people who are deaf or blind.
If you ask agency execs and employees how marketers are managing that task, they’ll tell you that it’s a balancing act as marketers don’t want to appear “tone deaf” but they also don’t want to overdo it with messaging like the initial response ads.
And in his view, they may be good at policy but have “a deaf ear when it comes to politics.”
Bowman claims that she told both her agent and an attorney about the incident, but her allegations fell on deaf ears.
A new reality series spotlights the extent people will go to impress a crush—from pretending to be deaf to committing theft.
Girma is a 26-year-old Harvard Law School graduate—and she is blind and deaf.
Deaf and hard of hearing who wanted to view it could not get access to the talk—it was ridiculous.
And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.
Frau S. admitted that was true, but at the same time suggested it would be well for him to remember we were not all deaf.
Others revolt at the injustice of the monopoly, and the words fall on ears that would be deaf if they could.
She was determined to know God's will concerning her; and to such God never turns a deaf ear.
So Miss Grains made no alteration in her costume, and she turned a deaf ear to Mr. Puffin's ecclesiastical authority.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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