deafeningadj.

/ˈdɛf(ə)nɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix².

a. That deafens or stuns with noise.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > deafening

deafeninga1616

deafinga1625

obtunding1645

stunning1667

ear-splitting1761

splitting1821

head-splitting1824

shattering1842

ear-sore1859

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 24 With deaff'ning [1600 deaffing] Clamors.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 520 All the host of Hell With deafning shout, return'd them loud acclaim.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ix. 714 The tumult and the deaf'ning din of war.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. 498 The deafening storm of denunciation which burst out.

b. deafening silence n. a silence heavy with significance; spec. a conspicuous failure to respond to or comment on a matter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [noun] > silence

stillnessc1050

silence?c1225

clum1340

stillhead1340

quiet?c1450

whust1558

husht1566

muteness1590

silency1595

still1608

hushtness1609

whistness1609

silentness1664

noiselessness1834

soundlessness1834

non-speech1863

shush1954

deafening silence1968

ciunas1986

1968 Sci. News 93 328/3 (heading) Deafening silence; deadly words.

1976 Survey Spring 195 The so-called mass media made public only these voices of support. There was a deafening silence about protests and about critical voices.

1985 Times 28 Aug. 5/1 Conservative and Labour MPs have complained of a ‘deafening silence’ over the affair.

†2. Becoming deaf. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > disordered hearing > [adjective] > deaf > becoming deaf

deafening1680

1680 Earl of Roscommon Poems (1780) 81 Music no more delights our deaf'ning ears.

Derivatives

ˈdeafeningly adv. in a deafening manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adverb] > deafening

stunningly1823

deafeningly1848

1848 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) 64 And beat it they do deafeningly, at every corner of a street.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	deafening
释义	deafeningadj. /ˈdɛf(ə)nɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix². 1. a. That deafens or stuns with noise. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > deafening deafeninga1616 deafinga1625 obtunding1645 stunning1667 ear-splitting1761 splitting1821 head-splitting1824 shattering1842 ear-sore1859 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 24 With deaff'ning [1600 deaffing] Clamors. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 520 All the host of Hell With deafning shout, return'd them loud acclaim. View more context for this quotation 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ix. 714 The tumult and the deaf'ning din of war. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. 498 The deafening storm of denunciation which burst out. b. deafening silence n. a silence heavy with significance; spec. a conspicuous failure to respond to or comment on a matter. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [noun] > silence stillnessc1050 silence?c1225 clum1340 stillhead1340 quiet?c1450 whust1558 husht1566 muteness1590 silency1595 still1608 hushtness1609 whistness1609 silentness1664 noiselessness1834 soundlessness1834 non-speech1863 shush1954 deafening silence1968 ciunas1986 1968 Sci. News 93 328/3 (heading) Deafening silence; deadly words. 1976 Survey Spring 195 The so-called mass media made public only these voices of support. There was a deafening silence about protests and about critical voices. 1985 Times 28 Aug. 5/1 Conservative and Labour MPs have complained of a ‘deafening silence’ over the affair. †2. Becoming deaf. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > disordered hearing > [adjective] > deaf > becoming deaf deafening1680 1680 Earl of Roscommon Poems (1780) 81 Music no more delights our deaf'ning ears. Derivatives ˈdeafeningly adv. in a deafening manner. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adverb] > deafening stunningly1823 deafeningly1848 1848 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) 64 And beat it they do deafeningly, at every corner of a street. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > as lemmas ˈdeafening ˈdeafening n. material used for this purpose, pugging: deafening-board, a board fixed between floor-joints to prevent sound from passing through the floor. ΚΠ 1839 M. Lafever Mod. Archit. 111 Strips nailed on the sides of the beams, to support the deafening board. 1864 Glasgow Herald 9 Apr. The heavy load of earth which has been put in for deafening. extracted from deafenv. < adj.a1616 as lemmas
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deafeningadj.

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