Synonyms of the word

tone-deaf

• adj. Unable to clearly distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes.
• adj. (colloquial) Having little appreciation of music, whether or not as a result of tone deafness.

deaf

• adj. Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.
• adj. Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.
• adj. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
• adj. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Decayed; tasteless; dead.
• n. A deaf person.
• n. (with "the") Those who are deaf, taken as a group.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To deafen.