Crossword-Solution: DEAF
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Deaf | a. | Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man. |
| Deaf | a. | Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason. |
| Deaf | a. | Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. |
| Deaf | a. | Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. |
| Deaf | a. | Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. |
| Deaf | v. t. | To deafen. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DEAF | anagram | DAFE, FADE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EREAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DEAF (5)
Thus, to take an instance, we suddenly discover that we have been deaf in one ear for we don’t know how long, but, say, half an hour.
Ismene, sister of my blood and heart, See’st thou how Zeus would in our lives fulfill The weird of Oedipus, a world of woes! For what of pain, affliction, outrage, shame, Is lacking in our fortunes, thine and mine? And now this proclamation of today Made by our Captain-General to the State, What can its purport be? Didst hear and heed, Or art thou deaf when friends are banned as foes? ISMENE.
Then, putting the pepper-box back into the basket, Mombi lifted her left hand, with its little finger pointed upward, and said: “Weaugh!” Then she lifted her right hand, with the thumb pointed upward, and said: “Teaugh!” Then she lifted both hands, with all the fingers and thumbs spread out, and cried: “Peaugh!” Jack Pumpkinhead stepped back a pace, at this, and said in a reproachful voice: “Don’t yell like that! Do you think I’m deaf?” Old Mombi danced around him, frantic with delight.
Chauvelin felt as if his head would burst—sneeze after sneeze seemed nearly to choke him; he was blind, deaf, and dumb for the moment, and during that moment Blakeney quietly, without the slightest haste, took up his hat, took some money out of his pocket, which he left on the table, then calmly stalked out of the room! CHAPTER XXVI.
Who devised the blood? Who devised the wonderful machinery which automatically drives its renewing and refreshing streams through the body, day and night, without assistance or advice from the man? Who devised the man’s mind, whose machinery works automatically, interests itself in what it pleases, regardless of its will or desire, labors all night when it likes, deaf to his appeals for mercy? God devised all these things.
Quotes with DEAF (3)
No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a mo…
I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry.
You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 289 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).