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Word entry · 6 letters

deafen

Best crossword clue

"Make unable to hear"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɛfən/Part of speech verbSorted adeefnStarts with DEnds with N1 clues
1D2E3A4F5E6N

Definitions

  1. make soundproof

Word origin

From deaf + -en (verbal suffix). Compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), Old English ādēafian (“to deafen”) and Old English ādȳfan, Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”).

Used in a sentence

  • The head injury deafened her for life.
  • to deafen a wall or a floor
  • Racine left the ground […] deafened, dazzled and tired to death.

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