stone-deaf
[stohn-def]
adjective
totally deaf.
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- stone-,
- stone-blind,
- stone-broke,
- stone-cold,
- stone-dead,
- stone-ground,
- stone-hearted,
- stone-lily,
- stone-washed,
- stoneboat
Origin of stone-deaf
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stone-deaf
adjective
usage
Use of this word to refer to people with serious hearing difficulties is potentially very offensive: preferred form: profoundly deaf
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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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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