deaf
Unable (or partially able) to hear.
Adjective 3 meanings
Unable (or partially able) to hear.
“My brother has been deaf since sustaining injuries in the war.”
Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive.
“Those people are deaf to reason.”
Of or relating to the community of deaf people.
Etymology
From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub (“deaf”), from Proto-Germanic *daubaz (“deaf or stunned”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf.
DEAF at a glance
DEAF has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (D 2 + E 1 + A 1 + F 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,101 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with deaf
All rhymes- LEAF7
- SHEAF11
- BROADLEAF15
- CLOVERLEAF18
- LONGLEAF12
- WHEATSHEAF22
- FLYLEAF16
- OVERLEAF14
- OAKLEAF14
- UNDEAF10
- DELEAF10
- DISLEAF11
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