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Deaf

Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.

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Deaf-mute 84% connected

A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it.

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Deaf-mute 84% connected

A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Deafened 84% connected

of Deafen

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Deafened 84% connected

of Deafen

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Heedless 84% connected

Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.

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Heedless 84% connected

Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.

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Stone-deaf 84% connected

As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.

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Stone-deaf 84% connected

As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.

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Broader term 1

People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Derivationally related 4

Deafen 74% connected

To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deafen 74% connected

To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deafness 74% connected

Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.

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Deafness 74% connected

Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.

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Synonym 2

Deafen 92% connected

To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

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Indifferent 92% connected

Not mal/ing a difference; having no influence or preponderating weight; involving no preference, concern, or attention; of no account; without signif…

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