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Dictionary: stone-deaf   (stōn'dĕf')
adj.
Completely deaf.


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Totally unable to hear, as in Poor Grandpa, in the last year he's become stone deaf. [First half of 1800s]


WordNet: stone-deaf
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: totally deaf; unable to hear anything
  Synonyms: profoundly deaf, deaf as a post, unhearing


Translations: Stone-deaf
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stokdøv

Nederlands (Dutch)
stokdoof

Français (French)
adj. - sourd comme un pot

Deutsch (German)
adj. - stocktaub

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θεόκουφος

Italiano (Italian)
sordo come una campana

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - completamente surdo

Русский (Russian)
совершенно глухой, глухой как пень

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sordo como una tapia

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stendöv

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
完全耳聋的, 耳朵聋的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 完全耳聾的, 耳朵聾的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 아주 귀가 먹은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 全く耳が聞こえない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أصم تماما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חירש גמור‬


 
 
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