deaf

About 7.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Unable (or partially able) to hear.

   My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.

2. adjective Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.

   Those people are deaf to reason.

3. adjective Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
4. adjective Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
5. adjective Decayed; tasteless; useless.

   a deaf nut; deaf corn

6. noun A deaf person.
7. verb To deafen.

Similar words

stone-deaf deaf as a post hearing-impaired deaf-mute deafen tone-deaf inattentive thoughtless heedless indifferent

Often followed by

and to children ears ear people child or in

Word family

deaf to reason deafer deafest deafish deafly deafness deafnesses the deaf