What does stone-deaf mean?

stone-deaf means "totally deaf; unable to hear anything".

How many syllables are in stone-deaf?

stone-deaf has 4 syllables: sto-ne--de-af. The stress falls on "ne-".

What is another word for stone-deaf?

Close synonyms include profoundly deaf, deaf as a post, unhearing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stone-deaf a common word?

stone-deaf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

stone-deaf — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
totally deaf; unable to hear anything
Synonymsprofoundly deaf deaf as a post unhearing
Similardeaf

Questions about stone-deaf

What does stone-deaf mean?: stone-deaf means "totally deaf; unable to hear anything".
How many syllables are in stone-deaf?: stone-deaf has 4 syllables: sto-ne--de-af. The stress falls on "ne-".
What is another word for stone-deaf?

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