"deafening" meaning in English

See deafening in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deafening.wav Forms: more deafening [comparative], most deafening [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} deafening (comparative more deafening, superlative most deafening)
  1. Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. Translations (loud enough to cause hearing loss): مُصِمّ (muṣimm) (Arabic), bouzarus (Breton), оглушителен (oglušitelen) (Bulgarian), ensordidor (Catalan), 震耳欲聋(的) (Chinese Mandarin), ohlušující (Czech), øredøvende (Danish), oorverdovend (Dutch), korviahuumaava (Finnish), korviasärkevä (Finnish), assourdissant [masculine] (French), ohrenbetäubend (German), ohrenzerreißend (German), εκκωφαντικός (ekkofantikós) (Greek), מחריש אוזניים (makhrísh oznáyim) (Hebrew), süketítő (Hungarian), assordante (Italian), hoihoi (Maori), turituri (Maori), êtourdissant (Norman), øredøvende (Norwegian Bokmål), ensurdecedor (Portuguese), asurzitor (Romanian), оглушительный (oglušitelʹnyj) (Russian), оглушающий (oglušajuščij) (Russian), zaglušujući [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ensordecedor (Spanish), öronbedövande (Swedish)
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  2. (hyperbolic) Very loud. Tags: excessive Categories (topical): Sound
    Sense id: en-deafening-en-adj-8zTKqQ8Y Disambiguation of Sound: 38 62 0 0 0 Categories (other): English hyperboles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deafeningly, deafeningness, deafening silence Related terms: deaf, deafen

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deafening.wav Forms: deafenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deafening (countable and uncountable, plural deafenings)
  1. (architecture) pugging Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-deafening-en-noun-UXH2taJ1 Topics: architecture
  2. The process by which something is deafened. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-deafening-en-noun-lae~4zaw

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deafening.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} deafening
  1. present participle and gerund of deafen Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: deafen
    Sense id: en-deafening-en-verb-JJXQNcNd

Inflected forms

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      "word": "震耳欲聋(的)"
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      "sense": "loud enough to cause hearing loss",
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      "sense": "loud enough to cause hearing loss",
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      "word": "מחריש אוזניים"
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      "word": "süketítő"
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      "sense": "loud enough to cause hearing loss",
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