English-Thai Dictionary

deaf

ADJ หูหนวก  ซึ่ง ไม่ได้ ยิน  ไม่ยอม ฟัง  ไม่เชื่อฟัง  obstinate stubborn unhearing hu-hunk

 

deaf

N คน หูหนวก (พหูพจน์  kon-hu-nuak

 

deaf-mute

N คน หูหนวก และ เป็น ใบ้  kon-hu-nuak-lae-pen-bai

 

deafen

VT ทำให้ หูหนวก  tam-hai-hoo-nuag

 

deafening

N การ ทำให้ ไม่ได้ ยิน  kan-tam-hai-mai-dai-yin

 

deafmute

N คน หูหนวก เป็น ใบ้  kon-hoo-nuag-pen-bai

 

deafness

N การ ไม่ได้ ยิน  การ ไม่เชื่อฟัง  kan-mai-dai-yin

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEAF

n.deef. 1. Not perceiving sounds; not receiving impressions from sonorous bodies through the air; as a deaf ear.
2. Wanting the sense of hearing; having organs which do not perceive sounds; as a deaf man. It is followed by to before that which ought to be heard; as deaf to the voice of the orator.
3. In a metaphorical sense, not listening; not regarding; not moved, persuaded or convinced; rejecting; as deaf to reason or arguments. Men are deaf to the calls of the gospel.
4. Without the ability or will to regard spiritual things; unconcerned; as, hear, ye deaf. Isaiah 42:18, 19.
5. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened; as deaf with clamor.
6. Stifled; imperfect; obscurely heard; as a deaf noise or murmur.

 

DEAF

v.t.to deafen, is used by Dryden, but is obsolete, unless perhaps in poetry.

 

DEAFEN

v.t.dee'fn. 1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to impair the organs of hearing, so as to render them unimpressible to sounds.
2. To stun; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly; as deafened with clamor or tumult.

 

DEAFLY

adv. dee'fly. Without sense of sounds; obscurely heard.

 

DEAFNESS

n.dee'fness. 1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impressions which constitute hearing; as the deafness of the ears: hence, applied to persons, want of the sense of hearing.
2. Unwillingness to hear and regard; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the ear and to the understanding.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEAF

Deaf, a. Etym: [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. deáf; akin to D. doof, G.taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. döv, Sw. döf, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses ), and perh. to Gr. toben to rage. Cf. Dumb. ]

 

1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man. Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. Shak.

 

2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason. O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! Shak.

 

3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight. Dryden.

 

4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.] A deaf murmur through the squadron went. Dryden.

 

5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers ] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught. Holland. Deaf and dumb, without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. See Deaf-mute.

 

DEAF

DEAF Deaf, v. t.

 

Defn: To deafen. [Obs. ] Dryden.

 

DEAFEN

Deaf "en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deafened; p. pr. & vb. n. Deafening. ]Etym: [From Deaf. ]

 

1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly. Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries. Addison.

 

2. (Arch. )

 

Defn: To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.

 

DEAFENING

DEAFENING Deaf "en *ing, n.

 

Defn: 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.

 

DEAFLY

DEAFLY Deaf "ly, adv.

 

Defn: Without sense of sounds; obscurely.

 

DEAFLY

DEAFLY Deaf "ly, a.

 

Defn: Lonely; solitary. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

DEAF-MUTE

DEAF-MUTE Deaf "-mute `, n.

 

Defn: 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. [See Illust. of Dactylology. ] Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods,they have been taught to speak imperfectly.

 

DEAF-MUTISM

DEAF-MUTISM Deaf "-mut `ism, n.

 

Defn: The condition of being a deaf-mute.

 

DEAFNESS

DEAFNESS Deaf "ness, n.

 

1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.

 

2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding. Nervous deafness, a variety of deafness dependent upon morbid change in some portion of the nervous system, especially the auditory nerve.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deaf

deaf |def dɛf | ▶adjective lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing: I'm a bit deaf | deaf children. • unwilling or unable to hear or pay attention to something: she is deaf to all advice. PHRASES ( as ) deaf as a post completely or extremely deaf. fall on deaf ears (of a statement or request ) be ignored. turn a deaf ear refuse to listen or respond to a statement or request. DERIVATIVES deaf ness noun ORIGIN Old English dēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doof and German taub, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tuphlos ‘blind. ’

 

deaf aid

deaf aid ▶noun Brit. a hearing aid.

 

deaf-blind

deaf-blind ▶adjective having a severe impairment of both hearing and vision.

 

deafen

deaf en |ˈdefən ˈdɛfən | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be deafened ) cause (someone ) to lose the power of hearing permanently or temporarily: we were deafened by the explosion. • (of a loud noise ) overwhelm (someone ) with sound: the roar of the water deafened them. • (deafen someone to ) (of a sound ) cause someone to be unaware of (other sounds ): the noise deafened him to Ron's approach.

 

deafening

deaf en ing |ˈdefəniNG ˈdɛf (ə )nɪŋ | ▶adjective (of a noise ) so loud as to make it impossible to hear anything else: the music reached a deafening crescendo. DERIVATIVES deaf en ing ly adverb

 

deafferentation

de af fer en ta tion |dēˌafərenˈtāSHən diˌæfərɛnˈteɪʃən | ▶noun Biology the interruption or destruction of the afferent connections of nerve cells, performed esp. in animal experiments to demonstrate the spontaneity of locomotor movement. DERIVATIVES de af fer ent ed |dēˈafəˌrentid |adjective

 

deaf-mute

deaf-mute usu. offensive ▶noun a person who is both deaf and unable to speak. ▶adjective (of a person ) both deaf and unable to speak. usage: In modern use, deaf-mute has acquired offensive connotations (implying, wrongly, that such people are without the capacity for communication ). It should be avoided in favor of other terms such as profoundly deaf. See also usage at mute .

 

Oxford Dictionary

deaf

deaf |dɛf | ▶adjective lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing: I'm a bit deaf so you'll have to speak up | deaf children. • unwilling or unable to hear or pay attention to something: she is deaf to all advice. PHRASES ( as ) deaf as a post having very bad hearing. fall on deaf ears (of a statement or request ) be ignored. turn a deaf ear refuse to listen or respond to a statement or request. DERIVATIVES deafness noun ORIGIN Old English dēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doof and German taub, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tuphlos ‘blind ’.

 

deaf aid

deaf aid ▶noun Brit. a hearing aid.

 

deaf-blind

deaf-blind ▶adjective having a severe impairment of both hearing and vision.

 

deafen

deaf ¦en |ˈdɛf (ə )n | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (someone ) to lose the power of hearing permanently or temporarily: we were deafened by the explosion. • (of a loud noise ) overwhelm (someone ) with sound: he was deafened by lorry traffic. • (deafen someone to ) cause someone to be unaware of (other sounds ): the noise deafened him to Ron's approach.

 

deafening

deaf ¦en |ing |ˈdɛfnɪŋ | ▶adjective (of a noise ) so loud as to make it impossible to hear anything else: the music reached a deafening crescendo. DERIVATIVES deafeningly adverb

 

deafferentation

deafferentation |diːˌaf (ə )r (ə )nˈteɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Biology the interruption or destruction of the afferent connections of nerve cells, performed especially in animal experiments to demonstrate the spontaneity of locomotor movement. DERIVATIVES deafferented adjective

 

deaf mute

deaf mute ▶noun a person who is both deaf and unable to speak. ▶adjective (of a person ) both deaf and unable to speak. usage: In modern use deaf mute has acquired offensive connotations (implying, wrongly, that such people are without the capacity for communication ). It should be avoided in favour of other terms such as profoundly deaf .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

deaf

deaf adjective 1 she is deaf and blind: hearing impaired, hard of hearing; informal deaf as a post. 2 she was deaf to their pleading: unmoved by, untouched by, unaffected by, indifferent to, unresponsive to, unconcerned by; unaware of, oblivious to, incognizant of, impervious to.

 

deafen

deafen verb they were deafened by the explosion: make deaf, deprive of hearing, impair someone's hearing.

 

deafening

deafening adjective the deafening noise from the construction site: very loud, very noisy, overloud, ear-splitting, overwhelming, almighty, mighty, tremendous; booming, thunderous, roaring, resounding, resonant, reverberating. ANTONYMS quiet.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

deaf

deaf adjective 1 she is deaf and blind but fiercely independent: hard of hearing, hearing-impaired, with impaired hearing, unhearing, stone deaf, deafened, profoundly deaf; informal deaf as a post. 2 how could she be so deaf to their pleading? unmoved by, untouched by, unaffected by, dispassionate about, indifferent to, heedless of, unresponsive to, unconcerned with, unmindful of, unaware of, unconscious of, oblivious to, insensible to, impervious to. ANTONYMS heedful, attentive.

 

deafen

deafen verb they were deafened by the explosion of a shell: make deaf, make temporarily deaf, cause to be hard of hearing, deprive of hearing, impair someone's hearing, burst someone's eardrums.

 

deafening

deafening adjective the guns started up with a deafening roar: very loud, extremely noisy, ear-splitting, ear-piercing, ear-shattering; booming, thundering, thunderous, tumultuous, roaring, blaring, resounding, resonant, reverberating, reverberant, echoing, ringing, dinning, carrying; overpowering, overwhelming, almighty, mighty, tremendous. ANTONYMS quiet.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

deaf

deaf /def / (! -ea-は /e /) 〖語源は 「鈍感な, 鈍い 」〗形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 耳が聞こえない , 聾 （ろう ）の ; 〖the ～; 名詞的に; 集合的に 〗耳の不自由な人々, 聾者 (→disabled 語法 , hard-of-hearing ) (!複数扱い ) ▸ become [go ] deaf 耳が遠くなる ▸ be born deaf 生まれつき耳が不自由である ▸ be deaf and dumb ｟けなして やや古 ｠聾唖 （ろうあ ）である (!単にdeafという方が好まれる ) ▸ be totally [profoundly ] deaf ≒｟くだけて ｠be stone deaf ≒｟くだけて ｠be (as ) deaf as a post まったく耳が聞こえない 語法 障害を表す語としては hearing-impaired の方が中立的な表現. deaf は時に差別的に響くが, 耳の不自由な人が自分の立場を表す語として積極的に用いる場合もある (→disabled 語法 ).2 ｟文 非難して ｠〖be ～〗【人の忠告 批判などに 】耳をかさない, 聞こうとはしない «to » ▸ The court was deaf to all appeals by the minority .裁判所は少数派の訴えをすべて棄却した d é af ness 名詞 U 耳が聞こえないこと .

 

deaf-aid

d é af- à id 名詞 C ｟英話 ｠補聴器 (hearing aid ).

 

deafen

deaf en /déf (ə )n /動詞 他動詞 1 〖通例be ～ed 〗〈人が 〉耳が聞こえなくなる (!騒音などで話し声が聞こえなくなるような場合と本当に耳の機能が失われる場合のどちらにも用いる ) .2 …に防音装置を施す .

 

deafening

d é af en ing 形容詞 1 〈音が 〉耳をつんざくような .2 〈沈黙が 〉深い .名詞 U 防音材 ; 防音装置 .～ly 副詞

 

deaf-mute

deaf-mute /-̀-́, -́-̀ / (!｟けなして やや古 ｠) 形容詞 聾唖 （ろうあ ）の .名詞 C 聾唖者 .