deaf

🇺🇸 /def/ 🇬🇧 /def/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000CEFR-B1
adjective
R

unable to hear

The deaf child uses sign language to communicate.

R

people who cannot hear

The school has special classes for deaf students.

R

not willing to listen

He was deaf to my warnings about the danger.

translation

adj. unable to hear; people who cannot hear; not willing to listen

Word Forms

Comparative deafer
Superlative deafest