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What is the adjective for deaf?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs deafen and deaf which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

deaf
  1. Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.
  2. Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.
  3. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
  4. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Decayed; tasteless; dead.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. unhearing, deafened, earless, hearing-impaired, hard of hearing, stone deaf, profoundly deaf, with impaired hearing, tone-deaf, without hearing, unable to hear, deaf as a post, mutton, Mutton Jeff, oblivious, unaware, insensible, unconscious, heedless, impervious, unmindful, indifferent, unaffected, unconcerned, heedless of, unaffected by, unaware of, indifferent to, unconscious of, unmindful of, impervious to, insensible to, oblivious to, ignorant, incognizant, unknowing, uninformed, clueless, unwitting, unacquainted, blind, uninstructed, innocent, nescient, inattentive, unfamiliar, unobservant, in the dark, deaf to, unsuspecting … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “He has been in India ever since, setting up his own center for the deaf at Nambikkai, on the country's southern tip.”
      “As I said last weekend, it's easy to become deaf to the sirens in Hackney.”
      “Your ears seem deaf to my pleas as well as to the pleas of others.”
deafening
  1. Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.
  2. Very loud.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. booming, resounding, loud, thunderous, sonorous, thundering, ringing, blaring, clamorous, piercing, roaring, clangorous, blasting, stentorian, earsplitting, plangent, reverberating, noisy, resonant, reverberant, tumultuous, vociferous, carrying, echoing, dinning, intense, rowdy, overpowering, almighty, screaming, mighty, overwhelming, tremendous, ear-splitting, ear-piercing, slam-bang, ear-shattering, ear-popping, very loud, turned up, extremely noisy, at full volume, strident, powerful, full, raucous, deep, rich, cacophonous, uproarious … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Orlan had to yell in order to be heard over the deafening noise.”
deafish
  1. Somewhat deaf.
deafer
  1. comparative form of deaf: more deaf
  2. Synonyms:
      3. more hearing-impaired, more hard of hearing, more tone-deaf, more oblivious, more unaware, more insensible, more unconscious, more heedless, more impervious, more unmindful, more indifferent, more unaffected, more unconcerned, ignoranter, more incognizant, more unknowing, more uninformed, more clueless, more unacquainted, more unwitting, blinder, more uninstructed, more innocent, more inattentive, more unfamiliar, more unobservant, more unsuspecting, more undiscerning, more negligent, more inconversant, more unperceptive, more unenlightened, more insensitive, more impercipient, more careless, more unrecognizing, more regardless, more imperceptive, more uneducated, unwarier, more incurious, more unschooled, blanker, more neglectful, more astigmatic, more unwatchful, more naive, more forgetful, more inexperienced, more myopic … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He has a very bad cold, and could not get up till the afternoon, and he is deafer than ever.”
      “He was deafer than ever to Miss Phbes remarks, and listened with a little impatience to Tozers wisdom.”
      “As time passed, Grandpa got older and a little deafer.”
deafest
  1. superlative form of deaf: most deaf
  2. Synonyms:
      3. most hearing-impaired, most hard of hearing, most tone-deaf, most oblivious, most unaware, most insensible, most unconscious, most heedless, most impervious, most unmindful, most indifferent, most unaffected, most unconcerned, ignorantest, most incognizant, most unknowing, most uninformed, most clueless, most unacquainted, most unwitting, blindest, most uninstructed, most innocent, most inattentive, most unfamiliar, most unobservant, most unsuspecting, most undiscerning, most negligent, most inconversant, most unperceptive, most unenlightened, most insensitive, most impercipient, most careless, most unrecognizing, most regardless, most imperceptive, most uneducated, unwariest, most incurious, most unschooled, blankest, most neglectful, most astigmatic, most unwatchful, most naive, most forgetful, most inexperienced, most myopic … more
deafened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of deafen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. made deaf, deprived of hearing, caused deafness, induced deafness, made temporarily deaf, split the ears, caused to be hard of hearing, thundered, boomed, reverberated, resounded, roared, blasted, rumbled, echoed, crashed, pealed, bellowed, growled, ringed, rang, rung, banged, clapped, clapt, exploded, drummed, thumped, thudded, grumbled, cracked, detonated, beat, beaten, clamoured, pounded, clamored, stormed, sounded, rolled, blared, clanged, trumpeted, burst, sounded loudly, resonated, rung out, rang out, lumbered, brayed … more
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