deaf : Idioms & Phrases

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Deaf and dumb

  • without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. See Deaf-mute.
Webster 1913

deaf as a post

  • adjective satellite totally deaf; unable to hear anything
    unhearing; profoundly deaf; deaf as a post.
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deaf person

  • noun a person with a severe auditory impairment
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deaf-aid

  • noun an electronic device that amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing
    hearing aid.
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deaf-and-dumb

  • adjective satellite lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak
    deaf-and-dumb.
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deaf-and-dumb person

  • noun a deaf person who is unable to speak
    deaf-and-dumb person; mute.
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deaf-mute

  • noun a deaf person who is unable to speak
    deaf-and-dumb person; mute.
  • adjective satellite lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak
    deaf-and-dumb.
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Deaf"-mute` noun
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  1. 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.
Webster 1913

deaf-muteness

  • noun congenital deafness that results in inability to speak
    deaf-muteness.
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deaf-mutism

  • noun congenital deafness that results in inability to speak
    deaf-muteness.
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Deaf"-mut`ism noun
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  1. The condition of being a deaf-mute.
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profoundly deaf

  • adjective satellite totally deaf; unable to hear anything
    unhearing; profoundly deaf; deaf as a post.
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stone-deaf

  • adjective satellite totally deaf; unable to hear anything
    unhearing; profoundly deaf; deaf as a post.
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Stone"-deaf` adjective
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  1. As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.
Webster 1913

tone-deaf

  • adjective satellite unable to appreciate music
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