Roget's Thesaurus

#419. Deafness

Nouns

deafness, hardness of hearing, surdity; inaudibility, inaudibleness.

Verbs

be deaf etc. adj.; have no ear; shut one's ears, stop one's ears, close one's ears; turn a deaf ear to. render deaf, stun, deafen.

Adjectives

deaf, earless, surd; hard of hearing, dull of hearing; deaf-mute, stunned, deafened; stone deaf; deaf as a post, deaf as an adder, deaf as a beetle, deaf as a trunkmaker. inaudible, out of hearing.

Phrases

hear no evil.