stone deaf
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An informal expression for completely deaf.
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Examples (10)
- It's no good shouting—he's stone deaf.
- My grandfather is almost stone deaf, so you need to speak very clearly.
- After the industrial accident, he was left stone deaf in one ear.
- You'll have to write it down for her; she's been stone deaf since birth.
- He pretends to be stone deaf whenever I ask him to do the chores.
- The vet confirmed that our old dog has gone stone deaf.
- She wears powerful hearing aids, but without them, she is stone deaf.
- I felt like I was going stone deaf after standing next to the speakers at the concert.
- "Is he hard of hearing?" "No, he's stone deaf."
- The explosion was so loud it could have made anyone stone deaf.