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Definition of Deafened
1. Adjective. Caused to hear poorly or not at all.
Definition of Deafened
1. Verb. (past of deafen) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deafened
1. deafen [v] - See also: deafen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deafened
Literary usage of Deafened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"blinded by the whirling snow, and deafened by the roaring wind, which sometimes
drowned our loudest shouts to one another. Up and still up we rode, ..."
2. History of the Wars of the French Revolution ...: Comprehending the Civil by Edward Baines (1855)
"... and the peace officers to act, but mind in Ireland ; the other prosecutions
the general enthusiasm deafened and de-j were all abandoned ; and the ..."
3. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"... blinded by the whirling snow, and deafened by the roaring wind, which sometimes
drowned our loudest shouts to one another. Up and still up we rode, ..."
4. England and the English by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1833)
"... high places of the world,—are deafened by the atmosphere itself, and can
scarcely hear the sound of the explosion which alarms the quiet of the plains! ..."
5. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière, Robert Arnot (1904)
"... At the present moment I am deafened by the crowd in the street under my window
following the prize ox! And they say that intellect flourishes among the ..."
6. A History of the Life of Richard Coeur-de-Lion, King of England by George Payne Rainsford James (1849)
"The brazen drums of the Mahommedans, and their loud shrieking cries deafened the
ear ; and their fluttering ensigns, gay dresses, and whirling clouds of ..."
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