Definition of Stone-deaf

1. Adjective. Totally deaf; unable to hear anything.

Exact synonyms: Deaf As A Post, Profoundly Deaf, Unhearing
Similar to: Deaf

Definition of Stone-deaf

1. Adjective. Completely deaf (as deaf as a stone). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stone-deaf

stomping grounds
stompingly
stomps
stompy
stonable
stond
stonds
stone
stone's throw
stone-age
stone-blind
stone-broke
stone-cold
stone-curlew
stone-dead
stone-deaf (current term)
stone-face
stone-faced
stone-fruit
stone-gray
stone-mulching
stone-root
stone-sober
stone-wash
stone bramble
stone brambles
stone breaker
stone cold
stone cold sober

Literary usage of Stone-deaf

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1895)
"The change was too subtle to be perceptible by those who only heard the words, but could be detected by the keen eye of a man stone deaf. ..."

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