deafness
🇺🇸
/ˈdefnəs/
🇬🇧
/ˈdefnəs/
noun
R
When someone cannot hear anything or has a lot of trouble hearing.
After the loud concert, she started to experience temporary deafness.
R
When someone refuses to listen or pay attention to something.
He showed deafness to all the advice given to him.
translation
When someone cannot hear anything or has a lot of trouble hearing.; When someone refuses to listen or pay attention to something.
Word Forms
Plural
deafnesses