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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind, borne, bullheaded, closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf and dumb, deaf to reason, deaf-eared, deaf-mute, deafened, dogmatic, dull-eared, earless, fanatical, hard of hearing, headstrong, heedless, hidebound, illiberal, impervious, indifferent, insensible, insensitive, insular, intractable, little, little-minded, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, mulish, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nearsighted, oblivious, parochial, pertinacious, perverse, petty, pigheaded, positive, preoccupied, provincial, purblind, self-willed, shortsighted, small, small-minded, stone-deaf, straitlaced, stubborn, stuffy, stunned, surd, thick of hearing, tone-deaf, uncatholic, uncharitable, unconcerned, unconscious, ungenerous, unhearing, unheedful, unliberal, unmoved, unpersuadable, unresponsive, unyielding, word-deaf
Dictionary Results for deaf:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
deaf
    adj 1: lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in
           part [ant: hearing(a)]
    2: (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed;
       "deaf to her warnings" [syn: deaf(p), indifferent(p)]
    n 1: people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the
         deaf use sign language"
    v 1: make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" [syn: deafen,
         deaf]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deaf \Deaf\ (?; 277), v. t.
   To deafen. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deaf \Deaf\ (d[e^]f or d[=e]f; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef,
   AS. de['a]f; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan.
   d["o]v, Sw. d["o]f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the
   original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses),
   and perh. to Gr. tyflo`s (for qyflo`s) blind, ty^fos smoke,
   vapor, folly, and to G. toben to rage. Cf. Dumb.]
   1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part;
      unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf
      man.
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            Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. --Shak.
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   2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive;
      regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or
      exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
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            O, that men's ears should be
            To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! --Shak.
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   3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
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            Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.]
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            A deaf murmur through the squadron went. --Dryden.
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   5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs.
      or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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            If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they
            [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds
            will be deaf, void, light, and naught. --Holland.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND. A man born deaf, dumb, and blind, is considered an 
idiot. (q.v.) 1 Bl. Com. 304; F. N. B. 233; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2111. 



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