Meaning of DEAFENING
| Pronunciation: | | 'defuning
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| | Definition: | | [adj] loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss |
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| | Synonyms: | | earsplitting, loud, roaring, thunderous, thundery |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Deaf"en*ing\, n.
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.
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| | Related Terms: | | booming, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking, forte, fortissimo, full, intense, loud, loudish, loud-sounding, pealing, penetrating, piercing, plangent, pungent, reeking, resounding, ringing, sonorous, stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, thundering, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous, window-rattling |
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