TONE-DEAF

Meaning of TONE-DEAF in English

If you say that someone is tone-deaf , you mean that they cannot sing in tune or recognize different tunes.

ADJ

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

TONE-DEAF — adjective Date: 1894 relatively insensitive to differences in musical pitch, tone deafness noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONE-DEAF — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : relatively insensitive to differences in the pitch of musical tones
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONE-DEAF — — tone deafness . /tohn"def'/ , adj. unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONE-DEAF — unable to hear differences between tones
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TONE-DEAF — adjective Date: 1894 : relatively insensitive to differences in musical pitch • tone deafness noun
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONE-DEAF — Pronunciation: ' t ō n- ˌ def Function: adjective Date: 1894 : relatively insensitive to differences in musical pitch – …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TONE-DEAF — ■ adjective unable to perceive differences of musical pitch accurately. Derivatives ~ness noun
Concise Oxford English vocab
TONE-DEAF — [tone-deaf] adj (1894): relatively insensitive to differences in musical pitch -- tone deafness n
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONE-DEAF — tone-deaf BrE AmE ˌtəʊn ˈdef ◂ AmE \ ˈtoʊn def ▷ tone-deaf|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TONE-DEAF — adjective unable to hear the difference between musical notes
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE-DEAF — ˌtone-ˈdeaf BrE AmE adjective unable to hear the difference between different musical notes
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONE-DEAF — If you say that someone is ~, you mean that they cannot sing in tune or recognize different tunes. ADJ
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TONE-DEAF — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Henry wasn't really very musical but Ivy Hooper was tone-deaf . ▪ Those damn dirges …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONE-DEAF — прил. не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишенный музыкального слуха не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишенный музыкального слуха
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONE-DEAF — a не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишённый музыкального слуха
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONE-DEAF — прил.не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишённый музыкального слуха
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TONE DEAF — (a) лишенный музыкального слуха; немузыкальный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TONE DEAF — (0) не различающий оттенков звука
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TONE-DEAF — a не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишённый музыкального слуха
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TONE-DEAF — a не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишённый музыкального слуха
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TONE-DEAF — прил. не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишённый музыкального слуха
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TONE-DEAF — прил. не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишённый музыкального слуха
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TONE-DEAF — _a. не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишенный музыкального слуха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TONE-DEAF — a. не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишенный музыкального слуха
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TONE-DEAF — прил. не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишенный музыкального слуха не различающий оттенков звука; немузыкальный; лишенный музыкального слуха
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONE — I. ˈtōn pronoun Etymology: Middle English ton, alteration (resulting from incorrect division of thet on the one, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAF — I. ˈdef, archaic & dial -ē- adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAF — (a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
Английский словарь Webster
DEAF — (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- …
Английский словарь Webster
DEAF — (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a …
Английский словарь Webster
DEAF — ( a. ) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAF — ( a. ) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TONE — — toneless , adj. — tonelessly , adv. — tonelessness , n. /tohn/ , n. , v. , toned, toning …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAF — — deafly , adv. — deafness , n. /def/ , adj., deafer, deafest , n. adj. 1. partially or wholly …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONE — I. ˈtōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tun, ton, from Latin tonus tension, tone, from Greek tonos, literally, act …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEAF — ˈdēf adjective Etymology: Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf; akin to Greek typhlos blind, typhein to smoke, Latin fumus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONE — noun tonicity; as, arterial tone. 2. tone ·noun state of mind; temper; mood. 3. tone ·vt to utter with an …
Webster English vocab
DEAF — adj obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. 2. deaf ·vt to deafen. 3. deaf ·adj deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. …
Webster English vocab
DEAF — [deaf] adj [ME deef, fr. OE deaf; akin to Gk typhlos blind, typhein to smoke, L fumus smoke--more at fume] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONE — in linguistics, a variation in the pitch of the voice while speaking. The word tone is usually applied to those …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONE — / təʊn; NAmE toʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun OF VOICE 1. [ C ] the quality of sb's voice, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAF — / def; NAmE / adjective ( deaf·er , deaf·est ) 1. unable to hear anything or unable to hear very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE — I. tone 1 S3 W2 /təʊn $ toʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tonus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEAF — deaf W3 /def/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ] 1 . physically unable to hear anything or unable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAF — adj. 1 wholly or partly without hearing (deaf in one ear). 2 (foll. by to) refusing to listen or comply. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONE — n. & v. n. 1 a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAF — adj. 1 wholly or partly without hearing (deaf in one ear). 2 (foll. by to) refusing to listen or comply. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
DEAF — adj.1 wholly or partly without hearing (deaf in one ear). 2 (foll. by to) refusing to listen or comply. 3 …
Oxford English vocab
TONE — ( tones, toning, toned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAF — ( deafer, deafest) 1. Someone who is deaf is unable to hear anything or is unable to hear very well. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES conciliatory approach/tone/gesture etc ▪ Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach. dial tone …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAF — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be born blind/deaf etc (= be blind, deaf etc when born ) deaf mute go …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAF — [plural] [noun]Many of the TV programmes are broadcast with subtitles for the deaf (= deaf people).
Cambridge English vocab
TONE — Synonyms and related words : French pitch, Munsell chroma, Zeitgeist, accent, accidental, achromatism, action, actions, activity, acts, adaptability, address, affect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAF — Synonyms and related words : authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind, borne, bullheaded, closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf and dumb, deaf to …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONE — I. noun 1 quality of a sound, esp. of the human voice ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , low ▪ hushed , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TONE — n. 25B6; noun the tone of the tuba : TIMBRE, sound, sound quality, voice, voice quality, colour, tone colour, tonality. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAF — n. 25B6; adjective she is deaf and blind : HARD OF HEARING, having impaired hearing; informal deaf as a post. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONE — n. 1 sound, note Odd tones emanated from the electronic music-maker 2 stress, emphasis, force, accent, intonation, modulation, phrasing, inflection, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DEAF — adj. 1 hard of hearing, stone-deaf Sean is slightly deaf in his left ear 2 unhearing, unheedful, heedless, insensible, insensitive, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) тон, звук; муз. тон deep tone ≈ низкий звук dulcet, sweet tone ≈ нежный, сладкий звук …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEAF — прил. 1) а) глухой, лишенный слуха, тугой на ухо deaf of an ear, deaf in one ear ≈ глухой на …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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