- present participle of deafen.
deafening
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Ockwell-Smith says the volume of advice can be "deafening and confusing".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
But these sights are drained of their warmth, depicted with a cold, eerie hum that, when it bleeds into the roar of suffering miles away, becomes a deafening cacophony.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
The deafening response suggested he’d gotten it almost right: In fact, it had been too long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
They greeted her with a roar, cheered every point, and screamed with such deafening volume that her opponents made a string of unforced errors in the middle of a game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
And more fire trucks, all speeding toward the bridge in a blur of red and white, a deafening, endless ribbon.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
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