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hard of hearing

hard of hearing adjective: having difficulty hearing; somewhat deaf.

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.

hard of hearing meaning in Tamil and Bengali

hard of hearing in Tamil

செவிட்டுத் தன்மை, வன்செவி

hard of hearing in Bengali

hard of hearing, deaf
কালা kala

Synonyms of hard of hearing

Forms of hard of hearing

comparativemore hard of hearing
superlativemost hard of hearing

Questions about hard of hearing

What does hard of hearing mean?
Hard of hearing means having difficulty hearing; somewhat deaf.
What is hard of hearing in Tamil?
Hard of hearing in Tamil is செவிட்டுத் தன்மை, வன்செவி. See Hard of hearing meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hard of hearing?
Hard of hearing is an adjective.

Words near hard of hearing in the dictionary

  1. hard nose
  2. hard nosed
  3. hard noses
  4. hard nut to crack
  5. hard nuts to crack
  6. hard of hearing
  7. hard of seeing
  8. hard of thinking
  9. hard on
  10. hard on the eyes
  11. hard ons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hard of hearing (page history and authors); hard of hearing (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কালা (Bengali) (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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