deafen

Questions about deafen

What does deafen mean?

deafen means "be unbearably loud". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deafen?

deafen has 2 syllables: deaf-en. The stress falls on "deaf". In IPA it is /ˈdɛfən/.

What is another word for deafen?

Close synonyms include deaf. 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 deafen a common word?

deafen 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.