close-eared
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of closed-eared (“reluctant or unwilling to listen to new styles of music; uninterested in listening to others”).
adj
Synonym of closed-back (“completely covering the ears”).
Example Sentences
- "I don't think I'm being close-minded (close-eared?). I'm just trying to get at the bottom of why Miles' later stuff doesn't work for me."
- "Let's just say that people on both sides of the Mackie isle get a little thick headed and close-eared at times."
- "I hope your^([sic]) not on that band wagon of close minded, close eared, and close eyed people."
- "Well it depends. Listen to Vince on many "Days Between" and that's stuff Brent' never came close to. And anybody who says Vince has no talent is just being close eared."
- "That's enough for some. People get all tense and close-eared at the thought that their favorite candidate (from either party) is less than perfect, or that the people attacking the other side might be less than perfect also."
- "Ok, I need to amend my previous post about headphones. There are a pair of sony's^([sic]) offered that retail for around $60. They are NOT close-eared (i.e. do not cover the whole ear). These were the one's^([sic]) I tried and hated."
Inflected Forms
more close-eared (comparative)
most close-eared (superlative)