It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Source: tatoeba (1858)
Deaf
/dɛf/
Synonyms for "deaf" (100 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Adjective(1 words)
authoritarianbigotbigotedblindbornebullheadedclosedclosed mindedconstrictedcrampedcreedbounddead to the worlddeaf and dumbdeaf mutedeaf to reasondeaf-eared
Noun(3 words)
deaf communitydeaf individualdeaf person
Strong matches (30)
deaf-mutedeafeneddogmaticdull-earedearlessfanaticalhard of hearingheadstrongheedlesshideboundilliberalimperviousindifferentinsensibleinsensitiveinsularintractablelittlelittle mindedlittle-minded
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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
hard of hearinghearing-impaired
Noun(2 words)
hard of hearing personhearing-impaired
Related words (50)
Related word relations
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More general
10 entriesauditory impairmentbehavioral traitcommunitydesensitisedesensitizehumanpeoplepersonsensory impairmentsocial group
More specific
9 entriescongenital deafnessdeaf adultdeaf childdeaf professionalsdeaf studentdeaf studentsselective hearingsensorineural deafnesswillful blindness
Collocations
8 entriesdeaf communitydeaf culturedeaf educationdeaf persondeaf rightsdeafness researchsign languagethe deaf
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
12 entriesdeaf as a postdeaf-and-dumbdeaf-mutedeafenedhard-of-hearinghearing-impairedheedlessprofoundly deafstone-deaftone-deafunhearingunheeding
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
Source: tatoeba (33855)
Helen Keller was deaf and blind.
Source: tatoeba (33856)
Beethoven was deaf in his late years.
Source: tatoeba (34023)
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