"tone-deaf" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more tone-deaf [comparative], most tone-deaf [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} tone-deaf (comparative more tone-deaf, superlative most tone-deaf)
  1. Unable to clearly distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes. Translations (unable to distinguish differences in pitch): أَصَمّ لِلطَّبَقَات الصَوْتِيَّة (ʔaṣamm li-ṭ-ṭabaqāt aṣ-ṣawtiyya) (Arabic), немузикален (nemuzikalen) (Bulgarian), dur d'orella (Catalan), 音盲的 (yīnmáng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不能辨別音高的 (Chinese Mandarin), 不能辨别音高的 (bùnéng biànbié yīngāo de) (Chinese Mandarin), klankendoof (Dutch), toondoof (Dutch), sävelkuuro (Finnish), qui n’a pas d’oreille (French), ohne Gefühl für Tonhöhen (German), ohne musikalisches Gehör (German), חירש לצלילים (Hebrew), botfülű (Hungarian), buta nada (Indonesian), tuli nada (Indonesian), che non ha orecchio (Italian), 音痴 (onchi) (alt: おんち) (Japanese), pekak nada (Malay), tonedøv (Norwegian), amúsico (Portuguese), не различа́ющий отте́нков зву́ка (ne različájuščij otténkov zvúka) (Russian), немузыка́льный (nemuzykálʹnyj) (Russian), медве́дь на у́хо наступи́л (medvédʹ na úxo nastupíl) (note: idiom: "a bear stepped on ear") (Russian), sin oído musical (Spanish), tondöv (Swedish), ซึ่งแยกแยะเสียงสูงต่ำของดนตรีไม่ได้ (sêung yâek yáe sĭang sŏong dtàm kŏng dondtree mâi dâai) (Thai)
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  2. (colloquial) Having little or shallow/banal appreciation of music, whether or not as a result of tone deafness. Tags: colloquial
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  3. (colloquial, figurative) Out of touch with the experience of ordinary people. Tags: colloquial, figuratively Translations (out of touch): déconnecté (French), hors-sol (French), weltfremd (German), abgehoben (German), ohne Bezug (German), keinen Draht (haben) (German), desubicado (Spanish), tondöv (Swedish)
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  4. (colloquial, figurative) Insensitive and offensive as a result of not noticing the current social context. Tags: colloquial, figuratively Translations (insensitive and offensive): taktlos (if impolite) (German), unangebracht (German), geschmacklos (english: crude) (German), insensible (Spanish), tondöv (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tone deaf Derived forms: tone-deafly, tone-deafness Related terms: amusia, can't carry a tune in a bucket, have Van Gogh's ear for music, stone deaf, tin ear

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2024 May 21, Arwa Mahdawi, “Sex-positive feminism had its moment – and now it has been replaced by voluntary celibacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
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      "roman": "ʔaṣamm li-ṭ-ṭabaqāt aṣ-ṣawtiyya",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
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      "word": "音盲的"
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      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "不能辨别音高的"
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      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "klankendoof"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "toondoof"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "sävelkuuro"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "qui n’a pas d’oreille"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "ohne Gefühl für Tonhöhen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "ohne musikalisches Gehör"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "חירש לצלילים"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "botfülű"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "buta nada"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "tuli nada"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "che non ha orecchio"
    },
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      "alt": "おんち",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "pekak nada"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "tonedøv"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "amúsico"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne različájuščij otténkov zvúka",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "не различа́ющий отте́нков зву́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nemuzykálʹnyj",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "немузыка́льный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "idiom: \"a bear stepped on ear\"",
      "roman": "medvédʹ na úxo nastupíl",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "медве́дь на у́хо наступи́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "sin oído musical"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "tondöv"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sêung yâek yáe sĭang sŏong dtàm kŏng dondtree mâi dâai",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch",
      "word": "ซึ่งแยกแยะเสียงสูงต่ำของดนตรีไม่ได้"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "note": "không có khả năng phân biệt chính xác các nốt nhạc khác nhau",
      "sense": "unable to distinguish differences in pitch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "out of touch",
      "word": "déconnecté"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "out of touch",
      "word": "hors-sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "out of touch",
      "word": "weltfremd"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "out of touch",
      "word": "abgehoben"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "out of touch",
      "word": "ohne Bezug"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "out of touch",
      "word": "keinen Draht (haben)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "out of touch",
      "word": "desubicado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "out of touch",
      "word": "tondöv"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insensitive and offensive",
      "word": "taktlos (if impolite)"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insensitive and offensive",
      "word": "unangebracht"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "crude",
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      "sense": "insensitive and offensive",
      "word": "geschmacklos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insensitive and offensive",
      "word": "insensible"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "insensitive and offensive",
      "word": "tondöv"
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  "word": "tone-deaf"
}

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