deaf-mute

Speech parts

1. deaf-mute - Noun

2. deaf-mute - Adjective

3. deaf-mute - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

deaf mute

Synonyms

mute deaf and dumb deaf-and-dumb person deafness deaf stone-deaf tone-deaf unhearing deafened hearing-impaired profoundly deaf mutes dull of hearing completely deaf deaf as a beetle
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Antonyms

roaring loud noisy booming talkative deafening
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Hypernyms

deaf person

Hyponyms

dummy silent person

Examples

Love is blind, and a deaf-mute too. Patrick Rothfuss

Gallaudet's son, Edward Miner Gallaudet founded a school for the deaf in 1857 in Washington, D.C., which in 1864 became the National Deaf-Mute College. Source: Internet

Kept hidden away from the outside world, Rose is a deaf-mute who worships stage and silent screen star Lillian Mayhew. Source: Internet

The deaf-mute boy playing war may have been a figment of Bierce’s imagination, but the writer no doubt looked into the face of despair and emptiness that day if he chanced upon Eliza Glenn or one of the other Chickamauga refugees. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

deaf-blindness deaf-dumb deaf-eared deaf-muteness deaf-mutism deafaz