deaf as a doorpost

adjective

Stone deaf (unable to hear at all).

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Meanings

adjectivedeaf as a doorpost (not comparable)
  1. not comparablesimileStone deaf (unable to hear at all).

    And grandmother sat in her rocker before the fireplace, deaf as a doorpost and half-blind as well.

    2003, David Farland, The Lair of Bones, Macmillan, page 203

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
stone deaf
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APA

deaf as a doorpost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deaf%20as%20a%20doorpost

MLA

“deaf as a doorpost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deaf%20as%20a%20doorpost. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deaf as a doorpost,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deaf%20as%20a%20doorpost.

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