Word: deafening
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: dea
fe
ning
Definition: pugging; mortar etc. laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound.
Morphemes:
Affix: deaf
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.