Meaning
deafening
- Extremely loud, so as to drown out other sounds or make hearing difficult.
In a sentence
C'era un rumore assordante e non riuscivo a sentire niente.
There was a deafening noise and I couldn't hear anything.
La musica del concerto era così assordante da far tremare i vetri.
The music at the concert was so deafening that it rattled the windows.
Non sopporto il frastuono assordante dei lavori in corso.
I can't stand the deafening din of the roadworks.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| assordante | masculine · singular |
| assordante | feminine · singular |
| assordanti | masculine · plural |
| assordanti | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Follows the two-ending adjective pattern: ends in -e in the singular and -i in the plural for both genders.