Deaf is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DEAF in dictionary:

VERB:
• To deafen.
• make or render deaf
NOUN:
• people who have severe hearing impairments
ADJECTIVE:
• lacking the sense of hearing
• lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing
• unwilling or unable to hear or pay attention to something
• Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
• Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
• Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
• Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
• Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
• lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
• (usually followed by `to\') unwilling or refusing to pay heed
• unable to hear

Words related to DEAF

deafer10 deafest11 deafish14 deafly13 deafness12 deafnesses14 deif8

Words that contain DEAF

deafen10 deafer10 deafly13 undeaf10 deafens11 deafest11 deafish14 undeafs11 bedeafen14 deafened13 deafness12 semideaf14 undeafed13 bedeafens15 deafblind16 deafening14 undeafing14 bedeafened17 deafenings15 deafnesses14 bedeafening18 deafeningly19

How to use DEAF in a sentence

• To all his supplications the Captain turned a deaf ear.
• Moreover, the infant at birth is practically blind and deaf and the senses of taste and smell and touch just sufficiently developed to enable it to take nourishment.
• Originally this device was invented for the aid of the deaf, but I see no reason why it should not be used to aid the law.
• Finding him deaf to her orders, she first tried to starve out the English by cutting off supplies, but as the sea was open, the land blockade proved ineffectual.
• The British public as a whole considers a deaf, dumb, and blind expression the only decent one to wear in a public conveyance.
• It is well known that deaf men generally dislike having their infirmity alluded to, and even endeavour to conceal it as much as possible.
• But at any rate, Verena was there, in the attic just over Charity, and the fact that she was deaf did not greatly trouble the young girl.
• They would not turn the deaf and contemptuous ear with which the savage and the superstitious receive the revelation of nature’s mysteries.
• As he argued it, the deaf person could read and write and get along very comfortably by himself.
• Is that so? But he was suspicious, as deaf men are.
• For which I cry both day and night, For which I let slip all delight, That maketh me both deaf and blind, Careless to win, unskilled to find, And quick to lose what all men seek.
• To all his entreaties she turned a deaf ear, preferring to remain true to her youthful Allan.
• The entire army must have become as deaf as a post.
• An essential reason for the defective formation of sounds in children born deaf is the fact that they do not hear their own voice.
• If Marlowe was deaf, Phebe was singularly blind and dull.
• She was so deaf that we were not able to talk to her, much to our disappointment.
• He had become somewhat deaf, and did not know that the sound of his pipes was so thin and weak, and that the cattle did not hear him.
• As you have doubtless noticed, though excellent people where the things not flatly of this world are concerned, my uncle is a graven image and my aunt is a deaf mute.
• The percentage of deaf children varied greatly according to the number and class of deaf relatives, as shown by Table XXXIII.
• He shrank from society, although before long old friends, and especially Procter, infirm and deaf, were not neglected.
• The curing of the sick, giving hearing to the deaf, and sight to the blind, were everywhere talked of as the usual effects of that holy sepulchre.
• The Davidsons hired a chair, and got that deaf and obstinate dependent of theirs, Widgery, to attend to it.
• He is very deaf and therefore generally very silent.
• Though almost entirely deaf, he was never morose or depressed, but always cheerful and courageous.
• He stood rooted to the spot, deaf to their friendly voices, and fiercely obstinate.
• Imagine the astonishment of the old servant! But when she attempted to remonstrate, the old lady suddenly became stone deaf.

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