TONE-DEAF

Meaning of TONE-DEAF in English

— tone deafness .

/tohn"def'/ , adj.

unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them.

[ 1890-95 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

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 — 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 tone-deaf , you mean that they cannot sing in tune or recognize different tunes. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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