deafening
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deafening
- /ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)/ UK
adjective more deafening · most deafening
- Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. With a deafening crash lightning strikes the ledge directly above us.
- Very loud. At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.
verb
- present participle and gerund of deafen
noun deafenings
- pugging
- The process by which something is deafened. Film and dance theory offer a productive vocabulary for considering the effects of these mutings and deafenings.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: roaring, earsplitting, loud, thunderous, thundery, deaf, overwhelming, screaming, shouting, yelling, narcotic, ear-shattering, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, hugeous, earthshaking
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adj loud enough to cause hearing loss
| Español | ensordecedor |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 震耳欲聋（的） |
| Português | ensurdecedor |
| Français | assourdissant |
| Deutsch | ohrenbetäubend, ohrenzerreißend |
| Italiano | assordante |
| Ελληνικά | εκκωφαντικός ekkofantikós |
| Română | asurzitor |
| Русский | оглушительный oglušitelʹnyj, оглушающий oglušajuščij |
| العربية | مُصِمّ muṣimm |
| עברית | מחריש אוזניים makhrísh oznáyim |
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title = {deafening},
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