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deafmute

deafmute is the alternative form of deaf-mute.

Meaning of deaf-mute

Adjective

deaf-mute (not comparable)

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

See all 2 meanings of deaf-mute

Forms of deafmute

pluraldeafmutes

Questions about deafmute

What is deafmute the alternative form of?
Deafmute is the alternative form of deaf-mute.

Words near deafmute in the dictionary

  1. deafly
  2. Deaflympian
  3. Deaflympians
  4. Deaflympic
  5. Deaflympics
  6. deafmute
  7. deafmutes
  8. deafmutism
  9. deafmutisms
  10. deafness
  11. deafnesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deafmute (page history and authors); deaf-mute (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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