stone-deaf
totally deaf.
Origin of stone-deaf
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How to use stone-deaf in a sentence
When the tubes were being fixed into the three apertures he perceived that he had become suddenly stone deaf.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiGradually the horrible truth dawned upon me—I was stone deaf!
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontAre you stone deaf, that all their pretty speeches have been wasted on you?
Heart | Martin Farquhar TupperWhen I spoke to the old woman, she told me that she was stone deaf.
The Strand Magazine, Vol. 1 - No. 1, | VariousThe woman is nearly stone-deaf, and could not hear a word of the evidence.
London's Heart | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
British Dictionary definitions for stone-deaf
completely deaf
usage For stone-deaf
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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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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