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deaf as a doorpost

deaf as a doorpost adjective: stone deaf (unable to hear at all).

Adjective

deaf as a doorpost (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Stone 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

Questions about deaf as a doorpost

What does deaf as a doorpost mean?
Deaf as a doorpost means stone deaf (unable to hear at all).
What part of speech is deaf as a doorpost?
Deaf as a doorpost is an adjective.

Words near deaf as a doorpost in the dictionary

  1. deaf aid
  2. deaf aids
  3. deaf and dumb
  4. deaf as a doorknob
  5. deaf as a doornail
  6. deaf as a doorpost
  7. deaf as a post
  8. deaf people
  9. deaf persons
  10. Deaf Smith County
  11. deaf waddler

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