deafening silence

A conspicuous and striking lack of noise or sound. Jim's proposal was met with deafening silence at the meeting. After living in the city all my life, I can't stand the deafening silence of the countryside.

deafening silence

A silence or lack of response that reveals something significant, such as disapproval or a lack of enthusiasm.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chavaqquq	-	Biblical Hebrew
Carpenter	['ka:pəntə]
Danko	-	Croatian, Serbian
Neofytos	-	Greek
Ingolf	ING-gawlf (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Cosette	-	French, Literature