Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deafen
Participle: deafened
Gerund: deafening
Indicative
Present
| I | deafen |
| you | deafen |
| he;she;it | deafens |
| we | deafen |
| you | deafen |
| they | deafen |
Perfect
| I | have deafened |
| you | have deafened |
| he;she;it | has deafened |
| we | have deafened |
| you | have deafened |
| they | have deafened |
Past
| I | deafened |
| you | deafened |
| he;she;it | deafened |
| we | deafened |
| you | deafened |
| they | deafened |
Pluperfect
| I | had deafened |
| you | had deafened |
| he;she;it | had deafened |
| we | had deafened |
| you | had deafened |
| they | had deafened |
Future
| I | will deafen |
| you | will deafen |
| he;she;it | will deafen |
| we | will deafen |
| you | will deafen |
| they | will deafen |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deafened |
| you | will have deafened |
| he;she;it | will have deafened |
| we | will have deafened |
| you | will have deafened |
| they | will have deafened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deafen |
| you | deafen |
| he;she;it | deafen |
| we | deafen |
| you | deafen |
| they | deafen |
Perfect
| I | have deafened |
| you | have deafened |
| he;she;it | have deafened |
| we | have deafened |
| you | have deafened |
| they | have deafened |
Imperfect
| I | deafened |
| you | deafened |
| he;she;it | deafened |
| we | deafened |
| you | deafened |
| they | deafened |
Pluperfect
| I | had deafened |
| you | had deafened |
| he;she;it | had deafened |
| we | had deafened |
| you | had deafened |
| they | had deafened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deafen |
| you | would deafen |
| he;she;it | would deafen |
| we | would deafen |
| you | would deafen |
| they | would deafen |
Perfect
| I | would have deafened |
| you | would have deafened |
| he;she;it | would have deafened |
| we | would have deafened |
| you | would have deafened |
| they | would have deafened |
Imperative
| you | deafen |
| we | Let's deafen |
| you | deafen |
Verbs conjugated like 'deafen'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'deafen'
deaden,
bedeafen,
chafen,
daften,
daven,
dazen,
deacon,
deaf,
deage,
dean,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From deaf + -en (verbal suffix). Compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), Old English ādēafian (“to deafen”) and Old English ādȳfan, Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”). See: Dutch '
verdoven', German, old spelling '
betäuben'.
Sample Sentences
-
[...] with rain, and half-melted ice. I hardly know how I got down, but I was soon at the bottom, and climbing, with two English officers who were crossing and had joined me, over some broken rocks, deafened by the noise, half-blinded by the spray, and wet to the skin. We were at the foot of the American Fall. I could see an immense torrent of water tearing headlong down from some great height, but [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)