Unhearing

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of unhear form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not hearing. not-comparable

    "[She] flung herself / Down on the great King's couch, and writhed upon it, / And clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm, / And shriek'd out 'traitor' to the unhearing wall, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    totally deaf; unable to hear anything wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
a stranger toasleepblind tocaught nappingdead todeaf

Example

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"[She] flung herself / Down on the great King's couch, and writhed upon it, / And clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm, / And shriek'd out 'traitor' to the unhearing wall, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + hearing.

Etymology 2

From unhear + -ing.

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