deafen
/ˈdɛfən/
deafen verb: to make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
Verb
deafen (third-person singular simple present deafens, present participle deafening, simple past and past participle deafened)
- To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
- The head injury deafened her for life.
- To make soundproof.
- to deafen a wall or a floor
- To stun, as with noise.
- Racine left the ground […] deafened, dazzled and tired to death.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC
deafen meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
deafen in Tamil
- செவிடாக்கு, காதடைக்கச் செய்
deafen in Urdu
- بہرا کرنا
deafen in Bengali
- কান বধির করা
deafen in Malayalam
- make deaf, deprive of hearing, impair someone's hearing
- ചെകിടടയ്ക്കക, ബധിരനാക്കുക, ചെവി പൊട്ടിക്കുക, കാത് പൊട്ടിക്കുക, ചെവിക്കല്ലു പൊട്ടിക്കുക, കേൾവിശക്തി ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- deafen in Kannada
- ಕಿವುಡಾಗು, ಕಿವುಡುಬೀಳು, ಕಿವುಂಡುವಡಿಸು, ಕಿವುಡುವಡಿಸು
- deafen in Sanskrit
- मूर्छ् mūrch
- deafen in Arabic
- أَصَمَّ ʔaṣamma
- deafen in Indonesian
- menulikan
Examples of deafen in a sentence
- Hence, perhaps, the dins Céline deafens us with, in texts more and more stuffed with onomatopoeias.
- Kearn did not rant, he did not deafen you with heroics and empty mouthings.
- Holden's heart was loud enough to deafen him.
Forms of deafen
| third-person singular present | deafens |
|---|---|
| present participle | deafening |
| past participle | deafened |
| past | deafened |
Origin of deafen
From deaf + -en (verbal suffix). Compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), Old English ādēafian (“to deafen”) and Old English ādȳfan, Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”).
Words formed from deafen
Questions about deafen
- What does deafen mean?
- Deafen means to make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
- What is deafen in Tamil?
- Deafen in Tamil is செவிடாக்கு, காதடைக்கச் செய். See Deafen meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is deafen?
- Deafen is a verb.
- How do you pronounce deafen?
- Deafen is pronounced /ˈdɛfən/.
- What is the past tense of deafen?
- The past tense of deafen is deafened.
Words near deafen in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deafen (page history and authors); deafen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deafen (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deafen (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deafen (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); deafen (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मूर्छ् (Sanskrit) (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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