deaf
deaf is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason. O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! Shak.
- 2.Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight. Dryden.
- 3.Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.] A deaf murmur through the squadron went. Dryden.
- 4.Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught. Holland. Deaf and dumb, without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. See Deaf-mute.
- 5.To deafen. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absence
- adder
- aloof
- and
- aphonia
- aphonous
- aphony
- bated
- beetle
- belief
- believe
- breath
- breathless
- broken
- childish
- close
- cracked
- cut
- cynic
- cynical
- cynicism
- deaf-mute
- deafen
- deafness
- disbelieve
- disposed
- distrust
- distrustful
- doubt
- drown
- dry
- dull
- dumb
- dumbness
- dumfounder
- dummy
- dysphony
- ear
- earless
- evil
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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