"deafening silence" meaning in English

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          "text": "The suggestion that they work through the holidays met with deafening silence.",
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        "A noteworthy silence, or absence of response, especially one signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm."
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          "absence",
          "absence"
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          "response",
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          "disapproval",
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          "lack",
          "lack"
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        "(idiomatic) A noteworthy silence, or absence of response, especially one signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "pregnant pause"
        },
        {
          "word": "tumbleweed moment"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
          "word": "kiusallinen hiljaisuus"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
          "word": "korviahuumaava hiljaisuus"
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          "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "silence de mort"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "silence assourdissant"
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          "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "głucha cisza"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "grobovoje molčánije",
          "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
          "word": "гробовое молча́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
          "word": "silencio ensordecedor"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
          "word": "knäpptyst"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
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      "word": "pregnant pause"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
      "word": "kiusallinen hiljaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
      "word": "korviahuumaava hiljaisuus"
    },
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      "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "silence de mort"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "silence assourdissant"
    },
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      "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "głucha cisza"
    },
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      "roman": "grobovoje molčánije",
      "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
      "word": "гробовое молча́ние"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
      "word": "silencio ensordecedor"
    },
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      "sense": "noteworthy silence or absence or response signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm",
      "word": "knäpptyst"
    },
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