Dictionary Definition
deafen
Verb
1 be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"
2 make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" [syn:
deaf]
3 make soundproof; "deafen a room"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛfən
Verb
- To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently
- To make soundproof
Translations
to make deaf
- Portuguese: ensurdecer
- Russian: глушить, оглушить
to make soundproof
- Russian: заглушить, приглушить
- be deafend, intransitive - to become deaf
Translations
- Hebrew: להתחרש (lehitkharesh)
- Russian: оглохнуть
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
awake the dead, baffle, blast, blast the ear, boom, crash, crescendo, cushion, damp, dampen, deaden, din, dull, fill the air, muffle, mute, peal, rattle the windows, rend the
air, rend the ears, resound, ring, rise, rock the sky, soft-pedal,
soften, split the
eardrums, split the ears, startle the echoes, stop, stun, subdue, surge, swell, thunder, tone
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