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hard-of-hearing

hard-of-hearing is the alternative form of hard of hearing.

Meaning of hard of hearing

Adjective

hard of hearing (comparative more hard of hearing, superlative most hard of hearing)

  1. (idiomatic) Having difficulty hearing; somewhat deaf.
    • Speak loudly, because Grandpa is somewhat hard of hearing.

Questions about hard-of-hearing

What is hard-of-hearing the alternative form of?
Hard-of-hearing is the alternative form of hard of hearing.

Words near hard-of-hearing in the dictionary

  1. hard-luck story
  2. hard-mouthed
  3. hard-nose
  4. hard-nosed
  5. hard-noses
  6. hard-of-hearing
  7. hard-on
  8. hard-ons
  9. hard-paste
  10. hard-pressed
  11. hard-r

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard-of-hearing (page history and authors); hard of hearing (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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