tone-deaf in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tone-deaf in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for tone-deaf in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

oreille [ɔʀɛj] N f

1. oreille ANAT:

See also sourd, puce, fendre, dormir, affamer, affamé

I.sourd (sourde) [suʀ, suʀd] ADJ

II.sourd (sourde) [suʀ, suʀd] N m (f)

III.sourde N f

IV.sourd (sourde) [suʀ, suʀd]

I.puce [pys] ADJ inv

II.puce [pys] N f

III.puce [pys]

IV.puce [pys]

I.fendre [fɑ̃dʀ] VB trans

II.se fendre VB refl

dormir [doʀmiʀ] VB intr

1. dormir PHYSIOL:

affamer [afame] VB trans

I.affamé (affamée) [afame] VB pp

affamé → affamer

II.affamé (affamée) [afame] ADJ

III.affamé (affamée) [afame] N m (f) lit, iron

IV.affamé (affamée) [afame]

tone-deaf in the PONS Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
She is extremely tone-deaf and her singing ability is so poor that it can incapacitate those who hear it - a running gag in the story.
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In conservative rhetoric, in talk radio especially, it's easy to find tone-deaf talking-down about race.
www.slate.com
These disabilities can appear separately, but some research shows that they are more likely to appear in tone-deaf people.
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But it's also really offensive and tone-deaf and just not thought-out or savvy in any way.
www.avclub.com
In an interview he admitted he used to be tone-deaf in primary school and was frequently ridiculed for his dream of becoming a singer.
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Crying wolf could be expedient, could be a way to rouse a tone-deaf government.
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If you get something so impossibly wrong, make a mistake that is so tone-deaf, you're probably not going to get a second chance.
www.nsnews.com
They are naive, they are ill-informed, and they are tone-deaf.
www.cbc.ca
But she always said she was really happy at the orphanage despite getting kicked out the choir for being tone-deaf; the nuns loved her.
www.gizmodo.com.au
She is energetic and excitable, and she likes to sing despite being tone-deaf.
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