Adjective: deafening de-fu-ning
- Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
"A loud, one-note wail, long and deafening, sounded from outside";
- earsplitting, thunderous, thundery
- Make or render deaf
"The explosion deafened several workers"
- Be unbearably loud
"a deafening noise"
- Make soundproof
"deafen a room"
See also: loud
Type of: break, damp, dampen, desensitise [Brit], desensitize, go, soften, sound, weaken
Encyclopedia: Deafening