deaf

/diหf/

IPA: /D EH1 F/

noun
  1. 1

    A deaf person.

noun
  1. 1

    (with "the") Those who are deaf, taken as a group.

verb
  1. 1

    To deafen.

adjective
  1. 1

    Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.

  2. 2

    Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.

    โ€œThose people are deaf to reason.โ€

  3. 3

    Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

  4. 4

    Decayed; tasteless; dead.

    โ€œa deaf nut; deaf cornโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deaf