deaf
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deaf/def/
▶adjective without hearing or having impaired hearing.
■ (deaf to) unwilling to listen or respond to.
– phrases
fall on deaf ears be ignored.
turn a deaf ear refuse to listen or respond.
fall on deaf ears be ignored.
turn a deaf ear refuse to listen or respond.
– derivatives
deafness noun.
deafness noun.
– origin OE dēaf, of Gmc origin.
'deaf' also found in these Oxford entries:
absurd
- deaf aid
- deaf-blind
- deafen
- deaf mute
- hearing aid
- mute
- oralism
- sign language
- surd
- textphone
- tin
- tone-deaf
