as in loud
marked by a high volume of sound
a boom box blasting deafening music
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Recent Examples of deafening
And now that Survivor 50 has already been cast and filmed, that drumbeat is almost deafening.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Rothrock, a Seattle native, made it 3-0 five minutes later, drawing a deafening ovation from the home crowd.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Visitors will come face-to-face with Leatherface and the deranged Sawyer family amid the deafening roar of chainsaws in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre haunted house.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
That visual message was audibly reinforced at a deafening level as the crowd cheered their neighbors who spoke against the proposal and booed a NIPSCO official and other business leaders who spoke in favor of it.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Rothrock, a Seattle native, made it 3-0 five minutes later, drawing a deafening ovation from the home crowd.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Visitors will come face-to-face with Leatherface and the deranged Sawyer family amid the deafening roar of chainsaws in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre haunted house.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
That visual message was audibly reinforced at a deafening level as the crowd cheered their neighbors who spoke against the proposal and booed a NIPSCO official and other business leaders who spoke in favor of it.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deafening
Adjective
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Their noise got loudest at night when the city became quiet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Sports radio can be loud and raucous, blaring with bluster and bellowing.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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If that isn’t a ringing endorsement!—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Jan. 2026
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That isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of the second-year signal-caller, and writers at The Athletic also don't seem to have much of a belief in Williams heading into the showdown at Lambeau Field.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Dec. 2025
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“Deafening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deafening. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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