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Definition of deaf in English: deafadjective dɛfdɛf 1Lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing. I'm a bit deaf so you'll have to speak up Example sentencesExamples - The use of sign language by both the deaf and hearing communities is noteworthy as well.
- I turned the volume down some so I wouldn't go completely deaf.
- Forty-four of the children have hearing problems or are deaf, and the rest are orphans.
- He was not taught to sign at his school for the deaf and was instead taught to adapt to the hearing world by lip reading.
- Budgie is a hearing dog for the deaf and was brought in for assembly by his owner Tracy Lewis, who lives in the town.
- He has been in India ever since, setting up his own centre for the deaf at Nambikkai, on the country's southern tip.
- He is profoundly deaf and uses hearing aids until he can have a cochlea implant later this year.
- Matthew led a sponsored cycle ride to help to buy a hearing dog for a profoundly deaf teacher at the college.
- Thorn Park School is a day special school for deaf and partially hearing children from two to sixteen years of age.
- The first couple he tried were both profoundly deaf, and he didn't get much reaction beyond a bewildered smile.
- Ashton became deaf at the age of just 18 months after suffering a bout of pneumonia.
- He discovered the blast had made him quite deaf, and it was many days before his hearing was restored.
- Several other schools for the deaf from different districts supported the effort.
- Severely deaf children cannot hear their own voices.
- He was left deaf in his left ear with limited hearing in his right ear.
- Amazingly, an appeal judge and the Supreme Court judge ruled that he was not deaf, but merely hard of hearing.
- The father of two has lived in the country for the past 29 years after moving there to set up a charity working with the deaf.
- Education Bradford is proposing to teach more deaf children in the district's mainstream schools.
- If you're talking to a deaf person and a hearing person, don't just focus on the hearing person.
- In the meantime I continue to consider training as a teacher of the deaf, though without any actual action on my part.
Synonyms hard of hearing, hearing-impaired, with impaired hearing, unhearing, stone deaf, deafened, profoundly deaf - 1.1 Unwilling or unable to hear or pay attention to something.
she is deaf to all advice Example sentencesExamples - Such was the constant buzzing around our ears that at first we were deaf to the sound of inbound propellers.
- I know there are none so deaf as those who do not want to hear, and that applies to the Leader of the Opposition.
- While the people have never been louder, the leaders have never been more deaf.
- Downing Street seems determined to remain deaf to all these voices of reason.
- Or do you rationalize your way into making decisions and following paths that keep you deaf to your inner voice?
- Will it also turn deaf to their pleas and allow the demolition of the secular order?
- Fear and horror became a routine in Kemet while Akhenaten was blind and deaf to the cries of his people.
- But the father, deaf to his cries, slays him in his house and prepares an evil feast.
- You appear to excel at giving orders but are deaf to the needs of your employees.
- Rule of mob is deaf to the voices of reason, and hence the rule of mob must be stopped at all costs.
- Why don't they take these blind, deaf and dumb politicians of their community to task?
- As I said last weekend, it's easy to become deaf to the sirens in Hackney.
- At this stage he's practically deaf to the cursing that fills the dressing room.
- The ski industry is not deaf to criticism that it leaves a heavy footprint on the land.
- All these people are completely deaf to the pleas of business.
- While those in positions to bring about change are deaf to their silent cries, WE can respond.
- The soldiers would mumble rude things at us under their breath, so we learned to be deaf to them, or pretend to be.
- He is not for turning; he is deaf to reason.
- It may be that I've been deaf to the roar of protest that has met this authoritarian and intrusive measure.
- I winced in pain, so distracted by his intensity that I was deaf to the clunking of boots on the concrete floor.
Synonyms unmoved by, untouched by, unaffected by, dispassionate about, indifferent to, heedless of, unresponsive to, unconcerned with, unmindful of, unaware of, unconscious of, oblivious to, insensible to, impervious to
Phrases Example sentencesExamples - Now I live with a woman who is not only deaf as a post but, as a result of her stroke, has short-term memory loss.
- It seems it's still easier to see me as a Machiavellian force preventing her from communicating with her friends than to accept that she's deaf as a post and increasingly anti-social.
- But their house was the last one in the terrace, next to a lane - well, you know that, it's yours now - and the old boy that lived over the lane was as deaf as a post.
- Grandma Jo on the other hand is all up for it and she probably didn't hear him in the first place because she's as deaf as a post!
- She's a guest they have on Countdown who's as deaf as a post.
- Top form if you ignore the fact that she's as deaf as a post, and her eyesight is selective. But she's happy, and all is well.
- I found her batting at the door of the spice cupboard, yowling fit to wake Mrs R next door, and she's deaf as a post.
- Our goalie was as deaf as a post, and tended not to hear our shouts to remind him the ball was coming until it was far too late.
- Sir Jack, by the way, is as deaf as a post these days and it is a real shame to see him being interviewed.
- Will the next generation be deaf as posts by the time they're middle-aged?
- The teacher, ‘Harry’ Harrison was about ninety years old and was as deaf as a post.
- This was always something of a drama as he'd become as deaf as a post and would stand in the hall shouting into the phone, ‘Hello?’
- A nurse responsible for the care of America's greatest newspaperman, and she's as deaf as a post.
Synonyms hard of hearing, hearing-impaired, with impaired hearing, unhearing, stone deaf, deafened, profoundly deaf
(of a statement or request) be ignored. their pleas fell on deaf ears Example sentencesExamples - Alas, her request fell on deaf ears - Alex and Tiffany were squabbling over a chair.
- But the protests and concerns seem to have fallen on deaf ears at the Scottish Prison Service.
- They always ignored her when she walked by, Garcia said, and any requests for a meeting fell on deaf ears.
- His pleas fell on deaf ears as the jury took less then an hour to find him guilty.
- I am sad to say that my plea fell on deaf ears, and I was denied opportunity to put this plan into action.
- Par for the course, cries for change in the industry have fallen on deaf ears.
- Paris was besieged and starved into submission and the French pleas for foreign intervention fell on deaf ears.
- Although the Queen chatted as she handed it over, Mr Carmichael admitted that her words had fallen on deaf ears.
- Mr Anderson said: ‘Our requests are falling on deaf ears.’
- Despite the fact that it echoed the private cries of so many, it seems likely to land on deaf ears in the media and the political elite.
- Sadly, the requests often fall on deaf ears with some power brokers too wrapped up in their own interests to act on what is right.
- Unfortunately is would seem that our community pleas are falling on deaf ears.
- Mr Hemmingham has written two letters requesting a meeting with the Owls supremo but both have fallen on deaf ears.
- Despite the sincerity of such statements, many of the concerns seemed to fall on deaf ears.
- Yet Ethiopia's earlier appeals for concessions to the ruling have fallen on deaf ears.
- Churchill's words that our war heroes gave their yesterdays for our todays have certainly fallen on deaf ears.
- The crew spotted another ship and flagged it down, but pleas for food fell on deaf ears, so that the crew was once again near starvation.
- But as far as I remember, he has always blamed me for the destruction of his bicycle, with my pleas for forgiveness falling on deaf ears.
- But his pleas fell on deaf ears as panic-stricken people moved towards the water.
- I pleaded with them to close the park but my pleas fell on deaf ears.
Refuse to listen or respond to a statement or request. he turned a deaf ear to all appeals Example sentencesExamples - Like any parent whose pockets are empty, I turned a deaf ear.
- But no matter how many warning signs have been flashed-up and alarm bells rung up the Government is hell bent on on closing its eyes and turning a deaf ear.
- You turned a deaf ear to the worldwide protests.
- But the banking industry is apparently turning a deaf ear to the central bank's call as bank lending still stood high at around 17 percent to 18 percent.
- The federation spokesman today said it had to go ahead with the agitation as the government has turned a deaf ear to the demands of the doctors, who have repeatedly drawn attention to these demands for the past three years.
- While society turns a deaf ear to such helpless women, it gives full credence to unmarried females who are at liberty to decide the fates of innocent males.
- The Minister is turning a deaf ear to the pleas of the people on the ground who know first hand what the situation is.
- The bishop has turned a deaf ear to their repeated pleas to him to reverse this decision.
- Unfortunately, these same people can turn a deaf ear when forced to listen to someone else's point of view.
- When the property management company turned a deaf ear to residents' advice, residents refused to pay the fees.
- In her complaint to the SSP, Ms Suman alleged that the despite repeated representations the local police turned a deaf ear to their grievances.
- The fact of the matter is, this administration has turned a deaf ear to the industrial heartland.
- Ever get the feeling our Prime Minister just turns a deaf ear whenever he's given information that doesn't fit neatly with his politics?
- She just accepted what the book said about how to feed our daughter, and turned a deaf ear to me, even if the hungry baby was crying for milk.
- In spite of this, I sometimes feel like turning a deaf ear to their words, because often mindless politicians are not prudent when they make speeches in public.
- When environmental concerns were initially raised, early on, Government turned a deaf ear.
- Not only was the boss unaware of the fact, but he turned a deaf ear to the numerous warnings of his editorial team and promoted the young journalist to the prestigious national reporting staff.
- Her efforts to find her son a permanent job even as a peon have been futile; the block development officer turns a deaf ear to her requests, she says.
- Unfortunately, despite the protests that women's organisations have made over the years, successive governments seem to have turned a deaf ear to their pleas.
- On this occasion, the Coalition has turned a deaf ear to the advice of the Attorney General and an independent legal expert, both of whom believe it to be unconstitutional.
Synonyms pay no attention, pay no attention to, ignore, disregard, pay no heed, pay no heed to, take no account, take no account of, turn a deaf ear, turn a deaf ear to, brush aside, shrug off, set aside, turn a blind eye, turn a blind eye to, shut one's eyes, shut one's eyes to, pass over, let pass, let go, overlook, look the other way, pretend not to notice
Origin Old English dēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doof and German taub, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tuphlos 'blind'. The ancient ancestor of deaf also produced Greek tuphlos ‘blind’. It probably referred to general dullness in perception, rather than dullness in any particular sense. Emphatic comparisons include as deaf as an adder and as deaf as a post. The traditional deafness of an adder is based on an image in the Psalms, ‘the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear’. Actually, all snakes are deaf, not just the adder—they ‘hear’ by means of sensors that pick up vibrations in the ground such as footsteps.
Rhymes chef, clef, def, eff, Geoff, Jeff, Kiev, ref, teff, tone-deaf Definition of deaf in US English: deafadjectivedɛfdef 1Lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing. Example sentencesExamples - The father of two has lived in the country for the past 29 years after moving there to set up a charity working with the deaf.
- Forty-four of the children have hearing problems or are deaf, and the rest are orphans.
- He was not taught to sign at his school for the deaf and was instead taught to adapt to the hearing world by lip reading.
- He was left deaf in his left ear with limited hearing in his right ear.
- Ashton became deaf at the age of just 18 months after suffering a bout of pneumonia.
- Budgie is a hearing dog for the deaf and was brought in for assembly by his owner Tracy Lewis, who lives in the town.
- Severely deaf children cannot hear their own voices.
- Education Bradford is proposing to teach more deaf children in the district's mainstream schools.
- He has been in India ever since, setting up his own centre for the deaf at Nambikkai, on the country's southern tip.
- Several other schools for the deaf from different districts supported the effort.
- The use of sign language by both the deaf and hearing communities is noteworthy as well.
- He is profoundly deaf and uses hearing aids until he can have a cochlea implant later this year.
- If you're talking to a deaf person and a hearing person, don't just focus on the hearing person.
- I turned the volume down some so I wouldn't go completely deaf.
- Matthew led a sponsored cycle ride to help to buy a hearing dog for a profoundly deaf teacher at the college.
- The first couple he tried were both profoundly deaf, and he didn't get much reaction beyond a bewildered smile.
- In the meantime I continue to consider training as a teacher of the deaf, though without any actual action on my part.
- He discovered the blast had made him quite deaf, and it was many days before his hearing was restored.
- Thorn Park School is a day special school for deaf and partially hearing children from two to sixteen years of age.
- Amazingly, an appeal judge and the Supreme Court judge ruled that he was not deaf, but merely hard of hearing.
Synonyms hard of hearing, hearing-impaired, with impaired hearing, unhearing, stone deaf, deafened, profoundly deaf - 1.1 Unwilling or unable to hear or pay attention to something.
she is deaf to all advice Example sentencesExamples - Downing Street seems determined to remain deaf to all these voices of reason.
- Fear and horror became a routine in Kemet while Akhenaten was blind and deaf to the cries of his people.
- Or do you rationalize your way into making decisions and following paths that keep you deaf to your inner voice?
- It may be that I've been deaf to the roar of protest that has met this authoritarian and intrusive measure.
- At this stage he's practically deaf to the cursing that fills the dressing room.
- I winced in pain, so distracted by his intensity that I was deaf to the clunking of boots on the concrete floor.
- Such was the constant buzzing around our ears that at first we were deaf to the sound of inbound propellers.
- But the father, deaf to his cries, slays him in his house and prepares an evil feast.
- As I said last weekend, it's easy to become deaf to the sirens in Hackney.
- You appear to excel at giving orders but are deaf to the needs of your employees.
- He is not for turning; he is deaf to reason.
- Rule of mob is deaf to the voices of reason, and hence the rule of mob must be stopped at all costs.
- The soldiers would mumble rude things at us under their breath, so we learned to be deaf to them, or pretend to be.
- All these people are completely deaf to the pleas of business.
- Will it also turn deaf to their pleas and allow the demolition of the secular order?
- While the people have never been louder, the leaders have never been more deaf.
- While those in positions to bring about change are deaf to their silent cries, WE can respond.
- The ski industry is not deaf to criticism that it leaves a heavy footprint on the land.
- Why don't they take these blind, deaf and dumb politicians of their community to task?
- I know there are none so deaf as those who do not want to hear, and that applies to the Leader of the Opposition.
Synonyms unmoved by, untouched by, unaffected by, dispassionate about, indifferent to, heedless of, unresponsive to, unconcerned with, unmindful of, unaware of, unconscious of, oblivious to, insensible to, impervious to
Phrases Completely or extremely deaf. Example sentencesExamples - Grandma Jo on the other hand is all up for it and she probably didn't hear him in the first place because she's as deaf as a post!
- This was always something of a drama as he'd become as deaf as a post and would stand in the hall shouting into the phone, ‘Hello?’
- She's a guest they have on Countdown who's as deaf as a post.
- The teacher, ‘Harry’ Harrison was about ninety years old and was as deaf as a post.
- Now I live with a woman who is not only deaf as a post but, as a result of her stroke, has short-term memory loss.
- But their house was the last one in the terrace, next to a lane - well, you know that, it's yours now - and the old boy that lived over the lane was as deaf as a post.
- I found her batting at the door of the spice cupboard, yowling fit to wake Mrs R next door, and she's deaf as a post.
- Sir Jack, by the way, is as deaf as a post these days and it is a real shame to see him being interviewed.
- A nurse responsible for the care of America's greatest newspaperman, and she's as deaf as a post.
- Will the next generation be deaf as posts by the time they're middle-aged?
- Our goalie was as deaf as a post, and tended not to hear our shouts to remind him the ball was coming until it was far too late.
- It seems it's still easier to see me as a Machiavellian force preventing her from communicating with her friends than to accept that she's deaf as a post and increasingly anti-social.
- Top form if you ignore the fact that she's as deaf as a post, and her eyesight is selective. But she's happy, and all is well.
Synonyms hard of hearing, hearing-impaired, with impaired hearing, unhearing, stone deaf, deafened, profoundly deaf
(of a statement or request) be ignored. Example sentencesExamples - But the protests and concerns seem to have fallen on deaf ears at the Scottish Prison Service.
- Alas, her request fell on deaf ears - Alex and Tiffany were squabbling over a chair.
- Despite the sincerity of such statements, many of the concerns seemed to fall on deaf ears.
- Mr Anderson said: ‘Our requests are falling on deaf ears.’
- They always ignored her when she walked by, Garcia said, and any requests for a meeting fell on deaf ears.
- Paris was besieged and starved into submission and the French pleas for foreign intervention fell on deaf ears.
- But his pleas fell on deaf ears as panic-stricken people moved towards the water.
- His pleas fell on deaf ears as the jury took less then an hour to find him guilty.
- Churchill's words that our war heroes gave their yesterdays for our todays have certainly fallen on deaf ears.
- Unfortunately is would seem that our community pleas are falling on deaf ears.
- I am sad to say that my plea fell on deaf ears, and I was denied opportunity to put this plan into action.
- Par for the course, cries for change in the industry have fallen on deaf ears.
- Mr Hemmingham has written two letters requesting a meeting with the Owls supremo but both have fallen on deaf ears.
- But as far as I remember, he has always blamed me for the destruction of his bicycle, with my pleas for forgiveness falling on deaf ears.
- Although the Queen chatted as she handed it over, Mr Carmichael admitted that her words had fallen on deaf ears.
- Sadly, the requests often fall on deaf ears with some power brokers too wrapped up in their own interests to act on what is right.
- I pleaded with them to close the park but my pleas fell on deaf ears.
- Yet Ethiopia's earlier appeals for concessions to the ruling have fallen on deaf ears.
- Despite the fact that it echoed the private cries of so many, it seems likely to land on deaf ears in the media and the political elite.
- The crew spotted another ship and flagged it down, but pleas for food fell on deaf ears, so that the crew was once again near starvation.
Refuse to listen or respond to a statement or request. Example sentencesExamples - The Minister is turning a deaf ear to the pleas of the people on the ground who know first hand what the situation is.
- You turned a deaf ear to the worldwide protests.
- Unfortunately, despite the protests that women's organisations have made over the years, successive governments seem to have turned a deaf ear to their pleas.
- On this occasion, the Coalition has turned a deaf ear to the advice of the Attorney General and an independent legal expert, both of whom believe it to be unconstitutional.
- When the property management company turned a deaf ear to residents' advice, residents refused to pay the fees.
- But the banking industry is apparently turning a deaf ear to the central bank's call as bank lending still stood high at around 17 percent to 18 percent.
- The bishop has turned a deaf ear to their repeated pleas to him to reverse this decision.
- But no matter how many warning signs have been flashed-up and alarm bells rung up the Government is hell bent on on closing its eyes and turning a deaf ear.
- Not only was the boss unaware of the fact, but he turned a deaf ear to the numerous warnings of his editorial team and promoted the young journalist to the prestigious national reporting staff.
- Ever get the feeling our Prime Minister just turns a deaf ear whenever he's given information that doesn't fit neatly with his politics?
- The federation spokesman today said it had to go ahead with the agitation as the government has turned a deaf ear to the demands of the doctors, who have repeatedly drawn attention to these demands for the past three years.
- She just accepted what the book said about how to feed our daughter, and turned a deaf ear to me, even if the hungry baby was crying for milk.
- Like any parent whose pockets are empty, I turned a deaf ear.
- In spite of this, I sometimes feel like turning a deaf ear to their words, because often mindless politicians are not prudent when they make speeches in public.
- The fact of the matter is, this administration has turned a deaf ear to the industrial heartland.
- Her efforts to find her son a permanent job even as a peon have been futile; the block development officer turns a deaf ear to her requests, she says.
- In her complaint to the SSP, Ms Suman alleged that the despite repeated representations the local police turned a deaf ear to their grievances.
- Unfortunately, these same people can turn a deaf ear when forced to listen to someone else's point of view.
- When environmental concerns were initially raised, early on, Government turned a deaf ear.
- While society turns a deaf ear to such helpless women, it gives full credence to unmarried females who are at liberty to decide the fates of innocent males.
Synonyms pay no attention, pay no attention to, ignore, disregard, pay no heed, pay no heed to, take no account, take no account of, turn a deaf ear, turn a deaf ear to, brush aside, shrug off, set aside, turn a blind eye, turn a blind eye to, shut one's eyes, shut one's eyes to, pass over, let pass, let go, overlook, look the other way, pretend not to notice
Origin Old English dēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doof and German taub, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tuphlos ‘blind’. |