English-Spanish translations for deafening silence

• silencio ensordecedor
  ¿Por qué entonces escuchamos este silencio ensordecedor? Why, then, this deafening silence?
  Ahora bien, ¡ni una palabra hasta ahora, nada más que un silencio ensordecedor! Not a word was said here though, just a deafening silence!
  Belarús está retransmitiendo a la Unión Europea, pero por nuestra parte no hay más que un silencio ensordecedor. Belarus is broadcasting to the European Union, but from our side there is nothing but a deafening silence.

Definition of deafening silence

• A noteworthy silence, or absence of response, especially one signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm

Examples

• The suggestion that they work through the holidays met with deafening silence.

Related words

• deafen
• deafening
• deafening noise