Deafen

//ˈdɛfən//

Synonyms for "deafen" (38 found)

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Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

9 entries

derived

4 entries

derived from

1 entries

entails

1 entries

has context

1 entries

manner of

2 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

44 translations across 25 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • أَصَمَّ verb (to make deaf)

Armenian

1 entries
  • խլացնել verb (to make deaf)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • asurdzãscu verb (to make deaf)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • аглу́шваць verb (to make deaf)
  • аглушы́ць verb (to make deaf)
  • глушы́ць verb (to make deaf)

Breton

1 entries
  • bouzarañ verb (to make deaf)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • заглуша́ verb (to make soundproof)
  • заглуша́вам verb (to make soundproof)
  • оглуша́ verb (to make deaf)
  • оглуша́вам verb (to make deaf)

Catalan

1 entries
  • ensordir verb (to make deaf)

Dutch

3 entries
  • doof maken verb (to make deaf)
  • geluiddicht maken verb (to make soundproof)
  • verdoven verb (to make deaf)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kuurouttaa verb (to make deaf)
  • äänieristää verb (to make soundproof)

French

2 entries
  • assourdir verb (to make deaf)
  • rendre sourd verb (to make deaf)

Galician

2 entries
  • axordar verb (to make deaf)
  • enxordar verb (to make deaf)

German

1 entries
  • taub machen verb (to make deaf)

Greek

1 entries
  • κουφαίνω verb (to make deaf)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • megsüketít verb (to make deaf)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • menulikan verb (to make deaf)

Irish

1 entries
  • bodhraigh verb (to make deaf)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 聾する verb (to make deaf)

Korean

1 entries
  • 귀를 먹먹하게 하다 verb (to make deaf)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • оглуви verb (to make deaf)

Polish

2 entries
  • ogłuszać verb (to make deaf)
  • ogłuszyć verb (to make deaf)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ensurdecer verb (to make deaf)

Romanian

1 entries
  • asurzi verb (to make deaf)

Russian

4 entries
  • глуши́ть verb (to make deaf)
  • заглуши́ть verb (to make soundproof)
  • оглуша́ть verb (to make deaf)
  • оглуши́ть verb (to make deaf)

Spanish

1 entries
  • ensordecer verb (to make deaf)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • глуши́ти verb (to make deaf)
  • оглу́шувати verb (to make deaf)
  • оглуша́ти verb (to make deaf)
  • оглуши́ти verb (to make deaf)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Where did you deafen them?

Source: tatoeba (1884577)

The head injury deafened her for life.

Source: wiktionary

to deafen a wall or a floor

Source: wiktionary

Racine left the ground […] deafened, dazzled and tired to death.

Source: wiktionary

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.