| Deafening 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deafen. 2. (n.) The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging. Thesaurus Entries booming, ear-piercing, ear-rending, ear-splitting, earthshaking, forte, fortissimo, full, intense, loud, loud-sounding, loudish, pealing, penetrating, piercing, plangent, pungent, reeking, resounding, ringing, sonorous, stentoraphonic, stentorian, stentorious, thundering, thunderous, tonitruant, tonitruous, window-rattling |