глу́хо
- 1.
in a muffled way, dully, faintly, vaguely
Вдали́ глу́хо греме́л гром.
Thunder rumbled dully in the distance.
Of sounds heard through a barrier or from a distance.
- 2.
remotely, in an out-of-the-way place, desolately
Зимой в дере́вне совсе́м глу́хо.
In winter the village is completely deserted.
Often predicative: 'it is deserted here'.
- 3.
deafly
Голо́дное брю́хо к уче́нью глу́хо.
A hungry belly is deaf to learning.
Usually figurative: unresponsive to something.
- 4.
(rare) voicelesslyphonetics
На конце́ сло́ва э́та согласная произно́сится глу́хо.
At the end of a word this consonant is pronounced voicelessly.
Examples
Мотор машины глухо пророкотал и затих.
The car engine rumbled dully and fell silent.
Волк оскаливался и глухо рычал.
The wolf bared its teeth and growled menacingly.
Word familyглухо́йPRO
- глу́хоin a muffled way; remotely; deafly; voicelessly
- глухо́йdeaf; muffled; remote; dense; blank (wall); voiceless
- глухота́deafness
- глухома́ньwilderness; backwater
- глухонемо́йdeaf-and-dumb
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