tone-deaf
- unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them.
Origin of tone-deaf
Examples from the Web for tone-deaf
Contemporary Examples of tone-deaf
Some hated his tone-deaf assertion that he has behaved with “lightness” toward women.
The story writes itself: ‘President Proves She Is Tone-Deaf on Economy.’
Flo was not just mediocre: she was catastrophically tragic, tone-deaf, screechy and, as Randy Jackson would say, “pitchy, dawg!”
This “ surprising option” (as the tone-deaf Times headline calls it) is often viewed as caddish.
Historical Examples of tone-deaf
There are people who are colour-blind, people who are tone-deaf.
The World I Live InHelen Keller
Trilby the tone-deaf, who couldn't sing one single note in tune!
TrilbyGeorge Du Maurier
Some people are "tone-deaf," and they find it physically impossible to observe the law of contrasts.
The Story of My LifeEllen Terry
Some people are tone-deaf, and they find it physically impossible to observe the law of contrasts.
Vocal ExpressionKatherine Jewell Everts
It is easy to understand that this master of harmony possessed no charms for a tone-deaf young man.
Makers of ElectricityBrother Potamian
tone-deaf
- unable to distinguish subtle differences in musical pitch