deafadjective
uk/def/us/def/B1 unable to hear, either completely or partly:
He's been totally/partially deaf since birth.
disapproving unwilling to listen:
The local council has remained deaf to all the objections to its proposals.
More examples
- Her father's going deaf.
- She's deaf in her left ear.
- She is deaf, but refuses to let her disability prevent her from doing what she wants to do.
- "Didn't you realize she was deaf?" "Of course I did."
- He's been deaf and dumb since birth.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Neglecting and ignoring
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- block sth out
- brush sth off
- bury/have your head in the sand idiom
- bypass
- lay
- look straight/right through sb idiom
- lost
- lost in the shuffle idiom
- moulder
- neglect
- push
- ride
- snub
- step
- step on sb
- sweep sth aside
- there's none so deaf as those who will not hear idiom
- tune
- wave
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deafness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈdef.nəs/us/ˈdef.nəs/
Idiom(s)
(as) deaf as a post
there's none so deaf as those who will not hear
deafnoun [ plural ]
uk/def/us/def/the deaf
people who are unable to hear:
Many of the TV programmes are broadcast with subtitles for the deaf.