Associations to the word «Deafening»

Wiktionary

DEAFENING, adjective. Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.
DEAFENING, adjective. Very loud.
DEAFENING, verb. Present participle of deafen
DEAFENING, noun. (architecture) pugging
DEAFENING SILENCE, noun. (idiomatic) A noteworthy silence, or absence of response, especially one signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm.
DEAFENING SILENCES, noun. Plural of deafening silence

Dictionary definition

DEAFENING, adjective. Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope