Antonyms for deafeningly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : def-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛf ən |
Definition of deafeningly
Origin :- 1590s, "to make deaf," from deaf + -en (1). The earlier verb was simply deaf (mid-15c.). For "to become deaf, to grow deaf," Old English had adeafian (intransitive), which survived into Middle English as deave but then took on a transitive sense from mid-14c. and sank from use except in dialects (where it mostly has transitive and figurative senses), leaving English without an intransitive verb here.
- As in loudly : adv audibly
- As they touched the tempestuously tossing slime, it shrieked stridently, deafeningly—cosmically!
- Extract from : « Futuria Fantasia, Winter 1940 » by Ray Bradbury
- Sometimes the whole party, including the sentinel, set up a simultaneous yell so deafeningly loud that it can be heard a mile.
- Extract from : « Birds Illustrated by Color Photograph [January, 1897] » by Various
Synonyms for deafeningly
- aloud
- articulately
- blatantly
- boorishly
- cheaply
- conspicuously
- crashingly
- deafeningly
- ear-splittingly
- emphatically
- fully
- garishly
- gaudily
- noisily
- obstreperously
- obtrusively
- ostentatiously
- piercingly
- powerfully
- resonantly
- resounding
- ringingly
- rudely
- showily
- shrilly
- tastelessly
- tawdrily
- theatrically
- thunderingly
- uproariously
- vehemently
- vociferously
- vulgarly
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