Tonedeaf

One who cannot distingish whether his or hers singing sucks

Ruben Studdard

by Splintercell December 6, 2003

tonedeaf

The inability to identify good/enjoyable sounds.

PunkRockShitFace: YYEEAA, this music kickass!!! *Starts to scream so close to a microphone, he can lick it*
normal: your fucking tonedeaf

by qwertyy37 October 10, 2005

Tonedeaf

Someone who is so unmusical that they do not hear notes correctly, some of these people might think mainstream music is unironically good.

Steven: Hey i like this song!
James: you absolute cuck, are you tonedeaf despacito is NOT good

by Serriera June 3, 2018

Tonedeaf

A word used by holier than thous on social media to shame you for your troubling personal opinion. Mostly used by the main stream media and social media blowhards on Farcebook and Twatter to try and force a public apology out of you. They have no real recourse or law to push their agenda so they must make their opinion seem defacto and unarguable.

Person with troubling opinion: I don't see an issue with letting my daughter dress up as Pocahontas for Halloween. She is merely a little girl who likes Disney.

Social media holier than thou contributor to Buzzfeed: That is tonedeaf as hell you racist, sexist, misogynist, able-ist, age-ist, nazi, white supremacist. I demand you retract that statement or I will let your employer at the donut shop at 11th ave and West St about your problematic opinions.

by Scambammer January 4, 2018

tone deaf

Someone painfully oblivious to social situations and the world at large. Unable to read blatant social cues.

Mayer is so tone deaf he sent fried chicken to vegetarians and asked an atheist his religion. Sigh

by bambiandzac March 30, 2021

Socially tone deaf

a condition of being oblivious and/or clueless regarding the existence of social cues, nuances, mores, norms, et cetera, within a given social subset, or more often than not totally and completely and all the time. This is distinct from the more estimable traits of being indifferent or irreverant, where one is aware of social expectations, cues, et cetera, but simply doesn't care or flat out mocks and/or rejects them. Socially tone deaf people are blind, deef and dumb to the normative social standards and expectations of behavior around them, and demonstrate this with regular incidences of egregious and embarassing faux~pas and party fowling. Consistent responses to the socially tone deaf include head shaking, eye rolling, clandestined warnings under one's breath, and quick-thinking, opportunistic ditching. Syn (masc): fuckstick, (fem): bobblehead.

-Look out, here comes everybody's favorite conversationalist; for pete's sake don't get her started you know socially tone deaf she is.

-Bob is so socially tone deaf, I can't take him anywhere with me.

by Daveaflav September 2, 2011

racially tone deaf

A person who cannot tell that they're being racist with their words or actions.

I can't believe how racially tone deaf she is for doing black face and thinking it's ok???

by Lalachickenstrips June 27, 2019