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deafening adjective ear-splitting, intense, piercing, ringing, booming, overpowering, resounding, dinning, thunderous, ear-piercing the deafening roar of fighter jets taking off Translations deafening [ˈdɛfənɪŋ] adj → assourdissant(e) deaf-mute [ˌdɛfˈmjuːt] n (old-fashioned) → sourd(e)-muet(te) m/f deafening How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Batulcar, was to commence at three o'clock, and soon the deafening instruments of a Japanese orchestra resounded at the door. The deafening rumble of glasses and clapping of hands that followed her exit indicated an overwhelming desire to have her come on for the fourth time, but the curiosity of the audience was not gratified. One day the planks stream with freshets of blood and oil; on the sacred quarter-deck enormous masses of the whale's head are profanely piled; great rusty casks lie about, as in a brewery yard; the smoke from the try-works has besooted all the bulwarks; the mariners go about suffused with unctuousness; the entire ship seems great leviathan himself; while on all hands the din is deafening. |
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