deafening
adjective
, ˈdef-niŋ\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for deafening
Synonyms
blaring, blasting, booming, clamorous, clangorous, earsplitting, loud, piercing, plangent, resounding, ringing, roaring, slam-bang, sonorous, stentorian, thundering, thunderous
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Stephen Daw: Definitely the deafening silence from Taylor after Kanye handed the mic back to her, while the crowd violently booed him. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, "Looking Back at the VMAs 10 Years Later: A Billboard Staff Kanye/Taylor Roundtable," 22 Aug. 2019 For over 60 years, residents have lived under the deafening roar of private jets and Cessna planes, but their calls for help went unheeded. — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, "Letter: Time for a truly beneficial reuse of the Reid-Hillview," 6 Aug. 2019 With a deafening roar and a burst of sparks, dozens of drag racing cars will hurtle down a short stretch of track at Sonoma Raceway this weekend. — Elena Shao, SFChronicle.com, "Car racing doesn’t sound eco-friendly, but Sonoma Raceway wants to change that," 26 July 2019 The sound of virtual battle was so deafening that ear plugs were included with media credentials. — Kevin Draper, New York Times, "Slurp Juice, Zip Lines and Teenagers: Welcome to the Fortnite World Cup," 28 July 2019 Both debates at the Fox Theatre kicked off with applause that can only be described as a deafening pandemonium. — Brian Stelter, CNN, "Google reveals most-searched candidate during Wednesday debate," 1 Aug. 2019 In the past week family members, political operatives, and friends have asked me why the cacophony has grown so deafening this time, after decades of possible pretexts for such protests. — Adrian Carrasquillo, The New Republic, "Puerto Ricans Are Tired of Being Powerless," 25 July 2019 The venue filled with deafening applause every time her face appeared onscreen. — Evan Real, The Hollywood Reporter, "K-Pop Superstars Twice Touch Down on East Coast With Uplifting Concert," 22 July 2019 All accompanied and fueled by the deafening chatter of a million tweets, posts, columns and takes that swung from praise to accusations of too much/not enough change. — Mary Mcnamara, latimes.com, "Academy CEO Dawn Hudson on 8 years of trying to modernize a 92-year-old boys’ club," 4 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deafening.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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deafening
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