There is no deafness worse than that of a person who doesn't want to hear.
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Deafness
Synonyms for "deafness" (7 found)
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Strong matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
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3 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κωφότης noun (condition of being deaf)
Arabic
1 entries- صَمَم noun (condition of being deaf)
Armenian
1 entries- խլություն noun (condition of being deaf)
Belarusian
1 entries- глухата́ noun (condition of being deaf)
Bulgarian
1 entries- глухота́ noun (condition of being deaf)
Catalan
1 entries- sordesa noun (condition of being deaf)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聾 /聋 noun (condition of being deaf)
Czech
1 entries- hluchota noun (condition of being deaf)
Danish
1 entries- døvhed noun (condition of being deaf)
Dutch
1 entries- doofheid noun (condition of being deaf)
Estonian
1 entries- kurtus noun (condition of being deaf)
Finnish
1 entries- kuurous noun (condition of being deaf)
French
1 entries- surdité noun (condition of being deaf)
German
4 entries- Gehörlosigkeit noun (condition of being deaf)
- Schwerhörigkeit noun (condition of being deaf)
- Surditas noun (condition of being deaf)
- Taubheit noun (condition of being deaf)
Greek
2 entries- κωφότητα noun (condition of being deaf)
- κώφωση noun (condition of being deaf)
Hebrew
1 entries- חירשות noun (condition of being deaf)
Hindi
1 entries- बहरापन noun (condition of being deaf)
Hunsrik
2 entries- Daabheet noun (condition of being deaf)
- Daabheit noun (condition of being deaf)
Irish
1 entries- bodhaire noun (condition of being deaf)
Italian
1 entries- sordità noun (condition of being deaf)
Japanese
1 entries- 難聴 noun (condition of being deaf)
Kazakh
1 entries- кереңдік noun (condition of being deaf)
Latin
1 entries- surditās noun (condition of being deaf)
Latvian
1 entries- kurlums noun (condition of being deaf)
Macedonian
1 entries- глувост noun (condition of being deaf)
Malay
2 entries- kepekakan noun (condition of being deaf)
- ketulian noun (condition of being deaf)
Navajo
1 entries- ajéékałgo ąąh dahazʼą́ noun (condition of being deaf)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- døvhet noun (condition of being deaf)
Old English
1 entries- dēafu noun (condition of being deaf)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاغرلق noun (condition of being deaf)
Persian
1 entries- ناشنوایی noun (condition of being deaf)
Polish
1 entries- głuchota noun (condition of being deaf)
Portuguese
1 entries- surdez noun (condition of being deaf)
Russian
1 entries- глухота́ noun (condition of being deaf)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- buidhre noun (condition of being deaf)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gluhost noun (condition of being deaf)
- gluhòća noun (condition of being deaf)
- gluvost noun (condition of being deaf)
- gluvòća noun (condition of being deaf)
Sicilian
1 entries- surdania noun (condition of being deaf)
Slovak
1 entries- hluchota noun (condition of being deaf)
Slovene
1 entries- gluhota noun (condition of being deaf)
Spanish
1 entries- sordera noun (condition of being deaf)
Swahili
1 entries- ulemavu wa kusikia noun (condition of being deaf)
Swedish
1 entries- dövhet noun (condition of being deaf)
Tamil
1 entries- செவிடு noun (condition of being deaf)
Telugu
2 entries- చెవిటితనం noun (condition of being deaf)
- చెవుడు noun (condition of being deaf)
Turkish
1 entries- sağırlık noun (condition of being deaf)
Ukrainian
2 entries- глу́хість noun (condition of being deaf)
- глухота́ noun (condition of being deaf)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
But experts say even countries without these advantages can learn from Morocco's efforts. Morocco gets a lot of help from international non-governmental organizations. According to Silvio Mariotti, with the WHO's blindness and deafness prevention program, the country's political commitment made these partnerships much easier.
Source: tatoeba (12260703)
Paul wet his lips with his tongue, read: “ ‘Think you of I the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us? What is there around us that we cannot—’ ”
Source: wiktionary
their deafness to her cries
Source: wiktionary
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