Definition of deaf

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Deaf (a.) Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.

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Earless :: Earless (a.) Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear..
Deaf-mutism :: Deaf-mutism (n.) The condition of being a deaf-mute.
Surd :: Surd (a.) Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.
Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
Cinchonism :: Cinchonism (n.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc..
Deaf-mute :: Deaf-mute (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it..
Chirology :: Chirology (n.) The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.
Deafly :: Deafly (a.) Lonely; solitary.
Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man..
Mute :: Mute (n.) One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute..
Deafen :: Deafen (v. t.) To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
Sonifer :: Sonifer (n.) A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf..
Deafness :: Deafness (n.) Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.
Deafly :: Deafly (adv.) Without sense of sounds; obscurely.
Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen..
Osteophone :: Osteophone (n.) An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing..
Sure :: Surdity (n.) Deafness.
Deafening :: Deafening (n.) The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging..
Microcoustic :: Microcoustic (n.) An instrument for making faint sounds audible, as to a partially deaf person..
Deave :: Deave (v. t.) To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen.
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