stone-deaf
[ stohn-def ]
/ ˈstoʊnˈdɛf /
adjective
totally deaf.
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Words nearby stone-deaf
stone-, stone-blind, stone-broke, stone-cold, stone-dead, stone-deaf, stone-ground, stone-hearted, stone-lily, stoneboat, stonecast
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British Dictionary definitions for stone deaf
stone-deaf
adjective
completely deaf
usage for stone-deaf
Use of this word to refer to people with serious hearing difficulties is potentially very offensive: preferred form: profoundly deaf
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Idioms and Phrases with stone deaf
stone deaf
Totally unable to hear, as in Poor Grandpa, in the last year he's become stone deaf. [First half of 1800s]
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