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deaf-mute

deaf-mute adjective: unable to hear or speak.

Adjective

deaf-mute (not comparable)

  1. (offensive) Unable to hear or speak.
    Synonyms:
    deaf, deaf and dumb

Noun

deaf-mute (plural deaf-mutes)

  1. (offensive) A person who is unable to hear or speak.
    • This buckling was first noticed by a deaf-mute who was walking over a bridge across the line and he pointed it out to the driver of a steamroller which happened to be passing.1959 September, K. Hoole, “The Middlesbrough-Newcastle route of the N.E.R.: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 417
    • Andrew was studying to become a teacher of deaf-mutes.1974 April 20, “Beacon Hill Murder”, in Gay Community News, page 1
    Synonyms:
    deaf person

deaf-mute meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

deaf-mute in Hindi

unable to hear or speak
मूक बधिर mūk badhir

deaf-mute in Tamil

செவிட்டுமை, செவிட்டுமர்

deaf-mute in Marathi

unable to hear or speak
मूक बधिर mūk badhir

deaf-mute in Telugu

person who is unable to hear or speak
చెవిటిమూగ ceviṭimūga
More languagesFewer languages
deaf-mute in Tagalog
pipi at bingi
deaf-mute in Vietnamese
câm điếc, người câm điếc

Synonyms of deaf-mute

Forms of deaf-mute

pluraldeaf-mutes

Words formed from deaf-mute

Questions about deaf-mute

What does deaf-mute mean?
Deaf-mute means unable to hear or speak.
What is deaf-mute in Hindi?
Deaf-mute in Hindi is मूक बधिर (mūk badhir). See Deaf-mute meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is deaf-mute?
Deaf-mute can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near deaf-mute in the dictionary

  1. deaf-adder
  2. deaf-adders
  3. deaf-and-dumb alphabet
  4. deaf-blind
  5. deaf-blindness
  6. deaf-mute
  7. deaf-muteness
  8. deaf-mutes
  9. deafaz
  10. deafazz
  11. deafblind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deaf-mute (page history and authors); deaf-mute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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