Antonyms for stone deaf


Grammar : Adj
Spell : stohn-def
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstoʊnˈdɛf


Definition of stone deaf

  • As in hard-of-hearing : adj with reduced hearing
  • As in deaf : adj without hearing
Example sentences :
  • She might have been stone deaf, and as dumb as the hearthstone bricks.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • They spoke to him in very loud voices as if he were stone deaf.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Are you stone deaf, that all their pretty speeches have been wasted on you?
  • Extract from : « Heart » by Martin Farquhar Tupper
  • How do you manage to communicate with him if he is stone deaf?
  • Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees
  • The old woman is stone deaf, and this time to-morrow Thyra will be my wife!
  • Extract from : « Katerfelto » by G. J. Whyte-Melville
  • There was no answer, but it occurred to me that it might be some old countryman who was stone deaf.
  • Extract from : « Wandering Ghosts » by F. Marion Crawford
  • When I spoke to the old woman, she told me that she was stone deaf.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Vol. 1 - No. 1, » by Various
  • Had Hooker been stone deaf, the words would have had no more effect.
  • Extract from : « The New Boys at Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • Oh, poor old gentleman,” said the secretary; “he is stone deaf.
  • Extract from : « A Frenchman in America » by Max O'Rell
  • He is absolutely nil, stone deaf and stark blind, on that side.
  • Extract from : « The Troll Garden and Selected Stories » by Willa Cather

Synonyms for stone deaf

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