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" I'll co-host 'TODAY' from Los Angeles Saturday morning and then make my way up to Merced for that evening's graduation ceremony. I'm still touching up my remarks, but my challenge to the Class of 2010 will be to break through the deafening and too often negative echo chamber of the digital era and become critical and independent thinkers."
Lester Holt

Meaning of "deafening" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DEAFENING

ˈdɛfənɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEAFENING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deafening is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DEAFENING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Deafening

Deafening is a 2003 novel written by Frances Itani. Author Frances Itani brings the reader to a small, pre-World War I Ontario town called Deseronto, where the O'Neil family owns a hotel. The book follows the story of Grania O'Neil, a girl who lost her hearing when she was five years old as a result of contracting scarlet fever. The novel follows Grania and her family as they learn to accept and adapt to her as a non-hearing person. The first part of the novel establishes the central role Grania's grandmother, known as "Mamo," plays in helping Grania acquire and understand the language of the hearing world, and in convincing Grania's parent to send her to the School for the Deaf in a nearby city. Though the separation from her family is initially traumatic for Grania, the School for the Deaf opens a world of friendship, opportunity and love for Grania. The second half of the novel alternates between Grania's narrative and that of her young husband, Jim, who becomes a stretcher bearer in the First World War. The novel parallels her struggle with the hearing world with Jim's struggle to survive, in mind and body, the staggering, soul-killing horror of war.

Definition of deafening in the English dictionary

The definition of deafening in the dictionary is excessively loud.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEAFENING

air-conditioning · awakening · conditioning · fastening · frightening · gardening · governing · happening · ironing · life-threatening · opening · poisoning · positioning · questioning · reasoning · seasoning · stiffening · strengthening · threatening · tightening

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAFENING

deaerator · deaf · deaf aid · deaf without speech · deaf-and-dumb · deaf-mute · deaf-muteness · deaf-mutism · deafblind · deafen · deafeningly · deafish · deafly · deafness · deair · Deak · Deakin · deal · deal with · dealate

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAFENING

beginning · deepening · easy listening · enlightening · evening · good evening · grand opening · greening · hardening · intervening · lightening · listening · loosening · screening · sharpening · shortening · thickening · weakening · whitening · widening · worsening

Synonyms and antonyms of deafening in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEAFENING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «deafening» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «deafening» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEAFENING

Find out the translation of deafening to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of deafening from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deafening» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

震耳欲聋的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ensordecedor
570 millions of speakers
en

English

deafening
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

गगनभेदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَصُمُّ الآذان
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

оглушительный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ensurdecedor
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

deafening
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

assourdissant
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

memekakkan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

ohrenbetäubend
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

耳を聾するような
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

귀청이 터질 것 같은
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Deafening
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm điếc tai
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

செவிடன் காதில் ஊதிய
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Deafening
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sağır eden
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

assordante
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ogłuszający
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

оглушливий
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

asurzitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκκωφαντικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorverdowende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

öronbedövande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

øredøvende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deafening

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deafening

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4 QUOTES WITH «DEAFENING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word deafening.
1
Corazon Aquino
The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.
2
Pierce Brosnan
Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For species that depend on hearing for survival - to find food, migrate, and communicate - any hearing loss could be catastrophic. As one scientist noted, a deaf whale is a dead whale.
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Lester Holt
I'll co-host 'TODAY' from Los Angeles Saturday morning and then make my way up to Merced for that evening's graduation ceremony. I'm still touching up my remarks, but my challenge to the Class of 2010 will be to break through the deafening and too often negative echo chamber of the digital era and become critical and independent thinkers.
4
William Dean Howells
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAFENING»

Discover the use of deafening in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deafening and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Deafening
Set during 1915-19 in Canada, United States, England, Belgium and France, this is the story of a young woman in her 20’s, Grania O’ Neill (pronounced GRAW-NEE-YA, an Irish name meaning “Love”), profoundly deaf from the age of 5 as a ...
Frances Itani, 2007
2
A Deafening Silence: Hidden Violence Against Women and Children
This book is born of a contradiction: on the one hand, there has been a genuine advance in the awareness of violence against women and children and actions to oppose it.
Patrizia Romito, 2008
3
The deafening silence
The archives of several American Jewish organizations as well as the personal papers of prominent Jewish leaders are used by the author to present an objective study of the American Jewish Community's response to the Nazi persecution of ...
Rafael Medoff, 1987
4
The Deafening Cadence of Biblical Defection: Can ...
Important to this work is the presentation of the one true God as delineated throughout the Old and New Testament. It is by this method understanding and resolutions for conceptual issues in this book emerge.
Robert Delich, Robert Delich, Ph.d., 2012
5
Wtfo - The Silence Is Deafening
A young Marine Staff Sergeant finally tells the tale of his two year experience in dealing with deployment, conflict, death and recovery.
Khaled Hafid, 2012
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After The Deafening
' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS 'Vivid and rarely whimsical' OBSERVER 'There are enough poems in this collection which are both felt AND written to justify Woodward's claim on our attention.
Gerard Woodward, 2012
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Deafening Vibrations
Mike Haszto. The huge group of kids separated to their bench areas. There were no real benches or dugouts because after all it was just a huge field on hospital grounds. The whole field was beautiful green grass with the only dirt spots being  ...
Mike Haszto, 2013
8
Death Is Deafening: A John Holmes Johnson Mystery
Violence strikes a cord with Holmes when his Physical Therapist is killed.
M. L. Spurgeon, 2006
9
Meg's Absolutely Wonderful Tremendous Fantastic Day/the ...
THIS BOOK IS ACTUALLY TWO BOOKS, MEGS STORY THAT IS INTENDED TO BE USED BY PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES TO HELP HEAL A CHILD, NO TWO SITUATIONS WHERE THAT STORY IS USED WILL BE THE SAME.THERE ARE MILIONS AND MILLIONS ...
James Oneill, 2005
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sweet's indexed catalogue of building construction
KELLY'S LlTH and LlNOFELT for Deafening and Sheathing and Insulation of Cold Storage Plants, etc. We are prepared to fill orders from any part of the United States or Canada, upon architects' specifications. Estimates furnished promptly.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAFENING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deafening is used in the context of the following news items.
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LETTERS: Obama's immigration silence deafening
Re: “Suspect in random shooting has been deported 5 times” [News, July 4]: The murder of Kathryn Steinle was truly a senseless crime. «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»
2
Deafening silence from Government on energy efficiency
The Government is refusing to address a major source of carbon emissions, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). In response ... «FMB News, Jul 15»
3
PD Editorial: Trump, the GOP's clown prince
... the president was born in Kenya — is the deafening silence or tepid criticism from many of the other GOP candidates seeking the nomination. «Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Jul 15»
4
'The Unraveling,' by Emma Sky
Paralyzed by the deafening sound, I remained in bed, totally naked, curled up in a ball with my hands over my ears, shaking like a leaf.”. «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
"Magic Mike XXL" Choreographers Discuss Being Mounted (Yes …
When their pants were ripped off for the first time, it was deafening. The entire crew paused and put their hands over their ears for a long period ... «Cosmopolitan.com, Jul 15»
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Miss Manners: Mom-in-law mum on everything
These deafening silences tell me how my mother-in-law truly feels. The most recent instance came when I redecorated our front porch. «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
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Miss Manners: Mother-in-law's silences are deafening
These deafening silences tell me how my mother-in-law truly feels. The most recent instance came when I redecorated our front porch. «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
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The silence is deafening
What kind of society is the junta creating when the peaceful "New Democracy Movement" protesters, all in their early twenties, are jailed without ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
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DEAFENING SILENCE FROM AMBANK, ZETI ENOUGH TO 'KILL …
KUALA LUMPUR - Things are not looking good for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, and not only because of the allegations against him in ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
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The Relocation Of Prisoners To Anambra State And The Federal …
The Relocation Of Prisoners To Anambra State And The Federal Government's Deafening Silence By Chinedu George Nnawetanma. Firstly ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
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