stone-deaf

[ stohn-def ]
/ ˈstoʊnˈdɛf /

adjective

totally deaf.

Origin of stone-deaf

First recorded in 1830–40; stone + deaf

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]