DEAFENING
ADJECTIVES
► DEAVESOME deafening → 1853 Sc.
► DEAVING deafening, dinning; talkative → 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DEAVY deafening → 19C Eng. dial.
► OBTUNDING deafening, deadening → 1645 obs.
NOUNS
► DEAVING a deafening noise → 1827 Sc.
► DERRUM a deafening noise; a confusion of sounds → 1879 Eng. dial.
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