| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| deaf, deafened (adjs.) |
| If your hearing is permanently impaired, you are deaf, or at least your hearing is imperfect; if something has impaired it temporarily, you’ve been deafened by that something, as with the loud noise of jet engines, which can deafen anyone within earshot. See DUMB. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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