deaf-muteness

1. 1.

   congenital deafness that results in inability to speak

   Synonymsdeaf-mutism

   Broaderdeafnessmutism

Questions about deaf-muteness

What does deaf-muteness mean?

deaf-muteness means "congenital deafness that results in inability to speak".

How many syllables are in deaf-muteness?

deaf-muteness has 5 syllables: de-af--mu-te-ness. The stress falls on "mu".

What is another word for deaf-muteness?

Close synonyms include deaf-mutism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deaf-muteness a common word?

deaf-muteness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.