Crossword clues for deafening
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
deafening \deaf"en*ing\, n. The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging; sound insulation.
Pugging \Pug"ging\, n. [See Pug, v. t.]
The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.
(Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening.
deafening \deaf"en*ing\, a. extremely loud; so loud as to cause deafness; as, a disco with rock music played at a deafening volume.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"very loud," 1590s, from present participle of deafen (q.v.). Deafening silence is attested by 1830.
Wiktionary
1 loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. 2 Very loud. n. (context architecture English) pugging v
(present participle of deafen English)
WordNet
adj. loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn: earsplitting, roaring, thunderous, thundery]
Wikipedia
Deafening is a 2003 novel written by Frances Itani.
Author Frances Itani brings the reader to a small, pre-World War I Ontario town called Deseronto, where the O'Neil family owns a hotel. The book follows the story of Grania O'Neil, a girl who lost her hearing when she was five years old as a result of contracting scarlet fever. The novel follows Grania and her family as they learn to accept and adapt to her as a non-hearing person. The first part of the novel establishes the central role Grania's grandmother, known as "Mamo," plays in helping Grania acquire and understand the language of the hearing world, and in convincing Grania's parent to send her to the School for the Deaf in a nearby city. Though the separation from her family is initially traumatic for Grania, the School for the Deaf opens a world of friendship, opportunity and love for Grania.
The second half of the novel alternates between Grania's narrative and that of her young husband, Jim, who becomes a stretcher bearer in the First World War. The novel parallels her struggle with the hearing world with Jim's struggle to survive, in mind and body, the staggering, soul-killing horror of war.
Deafening may refer to:
- An action causing deafness
- Deafening (novel), a 2003 novel by Frances Itani
- "Deafening", a song from the 2010 Disciple album Horseshoes & Handgrenades
- "Deafening", a song from the 2010 Far album At Night We Live
- "Deafening", a song by Pat Boone from the 1968 album Look Ahead
- "Deafening", a song by From Monument to Masses from the 2005 album Schools of Thought Contend
- "Deafening", a song by Bruce Bouillet from the 2013 album The Order of Control
Usage examples of "deafening".
Jefferson fired, the blast deafening him, the backsplash of blood hot on his face and hands.
Overhead, the Bofors began an intermittent and deafening hack: two explosions every second.
Once, before the rain thickened to a deafening curtain that blotted The Dancing Cartman from sight.
A deafening bray shattered the dark, and the forest erupted in front of him with a clishmaclaver of crashing and startled shouts.
I was awakened with a start by cries of alarm, and scarce were my eyes opened, nor had I yet sufficiently collected my wits to quite realize where I was, when a fusillade of shots rang out, reverberating through the subterranean corridors in a series of deafening echoes.
It seems that the great lightning flash and deafening explosion which followed the Federal Hill occurrence were even more tremendous farther east, where a burst of the singular foetor was likewise noticed.
The blast of the Marlin was deafening in the confines of the tunnel, and Geronimo was aware of a ringing in his ears as he levered his second round into the chamber.
The next two inns had musicians as well, and the same deafening cacophony.
All the riders had saddled fresh horses, and the first half of the group was eating the beefsteaks Jiggers had prepared for them when lightning lit up the area, followed by a deafening roll of thunder.
Through the terrible and deafening roar of those voices, amid the square masses of troops standing motionless as if turned to stone, hundreds of riders composing the suites moved carelessly but symmetrically and above all freely, and in front of them two men- the Emperors.
How it contrasts with hot and perspiring pedestrianism, and dusty and deafening railroad rush, and tedious jolting behind tired horses over blinding white roads!
The noise became deafening and stones clattered against the windshield and body work as the Previa rocked under the downwash from the rotor blades.
He rolled up the window to avoid the dust storm that arrived along with the deafening blast of an air horn as the tractor-trailer loaded with sawlogs went speeding by.
As it died, the shoveler let out a massive scream, pumped through its head crest, reverberating, the sound almost deafening Galpook.
The pounding of shoveler feet and their deafening calls were enough to break a few of the Quintaglios out of the blood rage.