stone-deaf
[
stohn
-
def
]
/ˈstoʊnˈdɛf/
adjective
1.
totally
deaf
.
Origin
1830-40;
stone
+
deaf
British Dictionary definitions for
stone deaf
stone-deaf
adjective
1.
completely deaf
Usage note
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
]