stone-deaf

Speech parts

1. stone-deaf - Adjective

2. stone-deaf - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

stone deaf

Synonyms

deaf as a post unhearing profoundly deaf deaf as a doorknob deaf deaf-mute earless tone-deaf deafened hearing-impaired completely deaf Mutton Jeff cloth-eared as deaf as a post deaf as a doorpost

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Antonyms

hearing auditory sharp-eared quick-eared with aural acuity with normal hearing

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Examples

Nature hav no music; nor would ther be for thee any better melody in the April woods at dawn than what an old stone-deaf labourer, lying awake o'night in his comfortless attic, might perchance be aware of, when the rats run amok in his thatch? Robert Bridges

Close letter words and terms

stone-cold stone-cold fox stone-dead stone-face stone-faced stone-fence