Meanings
adjectivestone deaf (not comparable)
- idiomaticnot comparableUtterly deaf.
Years of working under such noisy conditions ultimately left him stone deaf.
Synonyms: deaf as a doorknob, deaf as a doorpost, deaf as a post
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUtterly deaf.
Translations
Bulgarian напълно глух
- напълно глух (napălno gluh)utterly deaf
Catalan sord com una tàpia
- sord com una tàpiautterly deaf
Czech hluchý jako pařez
- hluchý jako pařezutterly deaf
Dutch potdoof, stokdoof
- potdoofutterly deaf
- stokdoofutterly deaf
Finnish umpikuuro
- umpikuuroutterly deaf
French sourd comme un pot
- sourd comme un potutterly deaf
German stocktaub
- stocktaubutterly deaf
Hungarian süket, mint az ágyú, teljesen süket
- süket, mint az ágyúutterly deaf
- teljesen süketutterly deaf
Italian sordo come una campana
- sordo come una campanautterly deaf
Norwegian Bokmål stokk døv
- stokk døvutterly deaf
Polish głuchy jak pień
- głuchy jak pieńutterly deaf
Russian глухо́й как пень
- глухо́й как пень (gluxój kak penʹ)utterly deaf
Scottish Gaelic cho bodhar ri clach, cho bodhar ris an talamh
- cho bodhar ri clachutterly deaf
- cho bodhar ris an talamhutterly deaf
- cho bodhar ris na cnuicutterly deaf
- cho bodhar ri gobhar as t-fhogharutterly deaf
Spanish sordo como una tapia, como una tapia
- sordo como una tapiautterly deaf
- como una tapiautterly deaf
Swedish stendöv
- stendövutterly deaf
Cite this entry
APA
stone deaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone%20deaf
MLA
“stone deaf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone%20deaf. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stone deaf,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone%20deaf.
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