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Definition: Deaf To |
Deaf ToAdjective1. Unwilling to hear. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Deaf ToSynonyms: deaf to(p) (adj), inattentive (adj), unheeding (adj), unlistening(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insensibility | Adjective: insensible, unconscious; impassive, impassible; blind to, deaf to, dead to; unsusceptible, insusceptible; unimpressionable, unimpressible; passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless; unfeeling, unmoral. |
Obstinacy | Arbitrary, dogmatic, positive, bigoted; prejudiced; creed-bound; prepossessed, infatuated; stiff-backed, stiff necked, stiff hearted; hard-mouthed, hidebound; unyielding; impervious, impracticable, inpersuasible; unpersuadable; intractable, untractable; incorrigible, deaf to advice, impervious to reason; crotchety. |
Refusal | Be deaf to; dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon; set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one; not yield an inch; (obstinacy). |
Adjective: refusing; Verb: restive, restiff; recusant; uncomplying, unconsenting; not willing to hear of, deaf to. | |
Sullenness | Cross, crossgrained; perverse, wayward, humorsome; restiff, restive; cantankerous, intractable, exceptious, sinistrous, deaf to reason, unaccommodating, rusty, froward; cussed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Deaf To |
| English words defined with "deaf to": Audiphone. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | They were wholly deaf to my arguments, or failed to perceive their force, and fell into a strain of invective that was irresistible. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Nigeria | Nigerian commercial banks, previously deaf to copyright infringement issues, are slowly responding (under pressure) to the need to acquire licensed computer software for their operations. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | Our eyes never will be blind to a developing menace, our ears never deaf to the call of civilization. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "deaf to"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Finnish | kuuro jonkun rukouksille (deaf to the entreaties of). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | eafday otay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 7, Verse 37 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai uperperisswV exeplhssonto legonteV kalwV panta pepoihken kai touV kwfouV poiei akouein kai touV alalouV lalein |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et eo amplius admirabantur dicentes bene omnia fecit et surdos facit audire et mutos loqui |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & þas þe ma wundredon. & cwæðen.ealle þing he wel dyde. & he dyde þt deafege-hyrden. & dumbe spræcan. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And bi so myche more thei wondriden, and seiden, He dide wel alle thingis, and he made deef men to here, and doumbe men to speke. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And were beyonde measure astonyed sayinge: He hath done all thinges well and hath made booth the deffe to heare and the dome to speake. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 7, Verse 37 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa hilabihan ka dakung kahibulong, sila nanag-ingon, "Maayo gayud ang iyang pagkabuhat niining tanan! Bisan gani ang bungol iyang gihimo nga makadungog na ug ang amang nga makasulti na." |
| Croatian | i preko svake mjere zadivljeni govorili: "Dobro je sve uèinio! Gluhima daje èuti, nijemima govoriti!" |
| Danish | Og de bleve over al Måde slagne af Forundring og sagde: "Han har gjort alle Ting vel; både gør han, at de døve høre, og at målløse tale." |
| Dutch | En zij ontzetten zich bovenmate zeer, zeggende: Hij heeft alles wel gedaan, en Hij maakt, dat de doven horen, en de stommen spreken. |
| Finnish | Ja ihmiset hämmästyivät ylenmäärin ja sanoivat: "Hyvin hän on kaikki tehnyt: kuurot hän saa kuulemaan ja mykät puhumaan". |
| French | Ils étaient dans le plus grand étonnement, et disaient: Il fait tout à merveille; même il fait entendre les sourds, et parler les muets. |
| Gaelic | Agus sann is mua ghabh iad ioghnadh, ag radh: Rinn e a h-uile ni gu math; thug e air na bodhair cluinntinn, agus air na balbhain labhairt. |
| German | Und sie wunderten sich über die Maßen und sprachen: Er hat alles wohl gemacht; die Tauben macht er hörend und die Sprachlosen redend. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dan semua orang yang mendengar itu heran sekali. Mereka berkata, "Semuanya dibuat-Nya dengan baik! Bahkan Ia membuat orang tuli mendengar dan orang bisu berbicara!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka tercengang-cenganglah mereka itu terlalu sangat, katanya, "Segala perbuatan-Nya baik adanya. Ia membuat orang tuli itu mendengar, dan orang kelu itu berkata-kata." |
| Italian | e, pieni di stupore, dicevano: «Ha fatto bene ogni cosa; fa udire i sordi e fa parlare i muti!». |
| Maori | A tino miharo rawa ratou, ka mea, pai tonu tana meatanga i nga mea katoa: e mea ana ia i nga turi kia rongo, i nga wahangu kia korero. |
| Norwegian | Og de var overvettes forundret og sa: Han har gjort alle ting vel; både gjør han at de døve hører, og at de målløse taler. |
| Portuguese | E se maravilhavam sobremaneira, dizendo: Tudo tem feito bem; faz até os surdos ouvir e os mudos falar. |
| Rumanian | Ei erau uimiyi peste mqsurq de mult, wi ziceau: ,,Toate le face de minune; chiar wi pe surzi ki face sq audq, wi pe muyi sq vorbeascq.`` |
| Shuar | Tura ti Enentáimprarmiayi. Enentáimprar, "Ju Jesus aya pénkeran Túrawai. Empekuncha ántumtikniaiti, tura chichachun chichamtikniaiti" tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Se maravillaban sin medida, diciendo: --¡Todo lo ha hecho bien! Aun a los sordos hace oÃr, y a los mudos hablar. |
| Swahili | Watu walishangaa sana, wakasema, "Amefanya yote vyema: amewajalia viziwi kusikia, na bubu kusema!" |
| Swedish | Och folket häpnade övermåttan och sade: "Allt har han väl beställt: de döva låter han höra och de stumma tala." |
| Uma | Uma mowo kakonce-ra ntodea, ntora ra'uli' -mi: "Hawe'ea to nababehi, lompe'. Tauna to wongo napaka'uri', pe'epe-ramo! Tauna to uma howa' mololita, howa' -ramo mololita!" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-o-t" | |
-1 letter: defat, fated. | |
-2 letters: daft, date, dato, deaf, deft, doat, dote, fade, fado, fate, feat, feod, feta, odea, toad, toea, toed. | |
-3 letters: ado, aft, ate, doe, dot, eat, eft, eta, fad, fat, fed, fet, foe, oaf, oat, ode, oft, tad, tae, tao, tea, ted, tod, toe. | |
-4 letters: ad, ae, at, de, do, ed, ef, et. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-o-t" | |
+1 letter: fadeout, fagoted, floated. | |
+2 letters: deflator, factored, fadeouts, faggoted, fathomed, foliated, foredate, foveated, gatefold, outfaced, softhead, tradeoff. | |
+3 letters: affronted, afterword, batfowled, conflated, deflation, deflators, defoliant, defoliate, feudatory, floodgate, floriated, foredated, foredates, formatted, gatefolds, godfather, outfabled, outfasted, outfawned, overdraft, refloated, softheads, tradeoffs. | |
+4 letters: afforested, afterwords, afterworld, asafoetida, barefooted, cofeatured, confidante, defalcator, defamation, defamatory, defecation, deflations, defoliants, defoliated, defoliates, defoliator, exfoliated, factorized, fatherhood, federation, flatfooted, floodgates, floodwater, fluoridate, forecasted, foredating, forestland, foretasted, formulated, fornicated, forwardest, fountained, fractioned, godfathers, isografted, obfuscated, officiated, outfeasted, outflanked, overdrafts, perforated, softheaded, suffocated, sulfonated, toadfishes, toadflaxes, waterflood. | |
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