deaf
adjective
partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.
deafest
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superlativeof deaf.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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But even the deafest and most stay-at-home began to hear queer tales; and those whose business took them to the borders saw strange things.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
But at the lang an' last the auld man catched them at it, an' he was juist the man to let them hear aboot it on the deafest side o' their heids.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Nay, not noiseless—for the deafest wight that ever strove to hear with his mouth wide open, might have sworn that he heard the sound of ten thousand hammers.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
She was deaf as a post,—as said before— And as deaf as twenty similes more, Including the adder, that deafest of snakes, Which never hears the coil it makes.
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
To a piteous plea to remain and enjoy the old man's wealth, he turned the deafest of ears.
From Trifles for the Christmas Holidays by H. S. Armstrong
