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stone-deaf

[stohn-def]
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adjective
  1. totally deaf.

Origin of stone-deaf

First recorded in 1830–40; stone + deaf
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Related Words for stone deaf

deaf, hearing-impaired, stone-deaf
British Dictionary definitions for stone deaf

stone-deaf

adjective
  1. completely deaf

usage

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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