English

Adjective

deafening ‎(comparative more deafening, superlative most deafening)

1. Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.
2. Very loud.
   • 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

     At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.

Derived terms

• deafening silence

Related terms

• deaf
• deafen

Translations

Verb

deafening

1. present participle of deafen

Noun

deafening ‎(countable and uncountable, plural deafenings)

1. (architecture) pugging
2. The process by which something is deafened.
   • 2012, Gary Taylor, ‎Trish Thomas Henley, The Oxford Handbook of Thomas Middleton (page 338)

     Film and dance theory offer a productive vocabulary for considering the effects of these mutings and deafenings.