Explore Deafening through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like earsplitting or roaring. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Deafening meaning
- Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.
- Very loud.
Synonyms of Deafening
Using Deafening
- The main meaning on this page is: Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. | Very loud.
- Useful related words include: earsplitting, roaring, thunderous, thundery.
- In the example corpus, deafening often appears in combinations such as: the deafening, deafening silence, with deafening.
Context around Deafening
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deafening
- In this selection, "deafening" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, silence, cheers and roar stand out and add context to how "deafening" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include silence is deafening and and a deafening boom. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deafening" sits close to words such as accordion, admires and aftermarket, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deafening
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The silence is deafening! (4 words)
The explosions are deafening and have escalated significantly. (8 words)
The crowd give a deafening roar to the star. (9 words)
Whether it is because they agree with something, or don’t agree, or simply don’t care or aren’t aware, the silence is deafening during key times when decisions are being made that involve tens of millions of dollars. (40 words)
As Ted and Coach Beard arrive on the pitch for their first match since getting hired, they’re met with a deafening “Wanker!” chant from the crowd (in Season 1, Episode 2). (32 words)
Muncy made the Mariners pay, lining an opposite-field single to left field to score Betts as the largely blue-clad crowd at T-Mobile Park let loose with a deafening roar. (32 words)
The silence is deafening! (4 words)
Example sentences (20)
Additionally, he called out the royal family’s “deafening” silence over Jeremy Clarkson’s in The Sun about his wife.
As Ted and Coach Beard arrive on the pitch for their first match since getting hired, they’re met with a deafening “Wanker!” chant from the crowd (in Season 1, Episode 2).
But when the impacts of the climate crisis are all around us and getting worse, this silence is deafening.
Each time a salvo is fired, the ground shakes and a deafening noise fills the air.
From bombarding audiences with the deafening sounds of a sandstorm and the hilarious images of an intense car chase, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One is felt by the moviegoer.
Halasz finished 3. The crowd was deafening at the medal ceremony when his name was mentioned.
Hiroshima, Japan (CNN) — It began with a blinding flash and a deafening boom.
Makar's goal came off a clean faceoff win by Colorado and left Seattle's fans murmuring uncomfortably instead of the deafening cheers in the opening moments of the game.
Mr. Abeysekera was hounded out of a job and is still being persecuted to the deafening silence of then opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe under whose government the investigations had progressed.
Muncy made the Mariners pay, lining an opposite-field single to left field to score Betts as the largely blue-clad crowd at T-Mobile Park let loose with a deafening roar.
Nevertheless, he is ignoring the deafening chorus of calls for him to resign.
Shouts of “Let them go!” rise to deafening levels, stunning the security forces, and many a time giving the protesters just enough time to slip away.
The crowd give a deafening roar to the star.
The deafening silence by the regulator and operators of the banking system over a failed currency redesign project and an over-stretched mobile banking network has crippled the economy.
The explosions are deafening and have escalated significantly.
The fans established the atmosphere early, letting out deafening cheers for the zamboni driver as he cleared the ice, much to his amusement.
The silence is deafening!
Tom ripping the ladder out from Greg’s corporate climb begins a domino effect that brings the finale to a deafening crescendo.
Whether it is because they agree with something, or don’t agree, or simply don’t care or aren’t aware, the silence is deafening during key times when decisions are being made that involve tens of millions of dollars.
Yet they have been left behind, and the silence from the UK authorities since is deafening.
Common combinations with deafening
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the deafening 16×
- deafening silence 13×
- with deafening 8×
- is deafening 7×
- deafening noise 7×
- deafening roar 6×
- was deafening 5×
- to deafening 5×
- and deafening 4×
- deafening and 4×