stone-deaf
[ stohn-def ]
/ ˈstoʊnˈdɛf /
adjective
totally deaf.
Words nearby stone-deaf
stone-,
stone-blind,
stone-broke,
stone-cold,
stone-dead,
stone-deaf,
stone-ground,
stone-hearted,
stone-lily,
stoneboat,
stonecast
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
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]