Deafness
Nouns
- deafness, hardness of hearing, surdity
- inaudibility, inaudibleness.
Verbs
- be deaf etc. adj.
- have no ear
- shut one's ears, stop one's ears, close one's ears
- turn a deaf ear to. render deaf, stun, deafen.
Adjectives
- deaf, earless, surd
- hard of hearing, dull of hearing
- deaf-mute, stunned, deafened
- stone deaf
- deaf as a post, deaf as an adder, deaf as a beetle, deaf as a trunkmaker. inaudible, out of hearing.
Phrases
- hear no evil.