adverb
- in a manner that is extremely loud or noisy; so loudly as to be overwhelming or hard to hear anything else
- in a strikingly obvious or conspicuous manner; unmistakably
Usage: figurative use
Examples
- The music was deafeningly loud at the concert.
- The crowd roared deafeningly when the home team scored.
- There was a deafeningly silent moment after the announcement.
- The alarm blared deafeningly through the hallway.
- Her absence was deafeningly obvious to everyone in the room.
- The machinery operated deafeningly in the factory.
- The silence was deafeningly uncomfortable.