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deafening

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deaf·en·ing  (df-nng)
adj.
Extremely loud.
Idiom:
deafening silence
A silence or lack of response that reveals something significant, such as disapproval or a lack of enthusiasm.

deafen·ing·ly adv.
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Adj.1.deafening - loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
loud - characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"

deafening
adjective ear-splitting, intense, piercing, ringing, booming, overpowering, resounding, dinning, thunderous, ear-piercing the deafening roar of fighter jets taking off
Translations
deafening [ˈdefnɪŋ] ADJensordecedor

deafening [ˈdɛfənɪŋ] adjassourdissant(e)
deaf-mute [ˌdɛfˈmjuːt] n (old-fashioned)sourd(e)-muet(te) m/f

deafening
adj noiseohrenbetäubend; rowlautstark; a deafening silenceein eisiges Schweigen

deafening [ˈdɛfnɪŋ] adjassordante, fragoroso/a
deafening [ˈdɛfnɪŋ] adjassordante, fragoroso/a

deafening مسبب الصمم ohlušující øredøvende ohrenbetäubend εκκωφαντικός ensordecedor korvia huumaava assourdissant zaglušujući assordante 耳を聾するような 귀청이 터질 것 같은 oorverdovend øredøvende ogłuszający ensurdecedor оглушительный öronbedövande เสียงดังมาก sağır edici làm điếc tai 震耳欲聋的


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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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