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How to pronounce “deafening”
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Pronunciation guide for deafening
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of deafening with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How Disgust Drives Your Politics
It was deafening.
- Definition summary
- Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.
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How to pronounce deafening
How Disgust Drives Your Politics

It was deafening.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “deafening”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.
- (hyperbolic) Very loud.
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of deafen
- [Noun]
- (architecture) pugging
- The process by which something is deafened.
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