cloth-ears
Ignores what's said
Cloth-ears is a mildly insulting British term for someone who doesn't listen or fails to hear what's said to them, as if their ears were stuffed with cloth: Oi, cloth-ears, I've been calling you for five minutes!
The term is informal and often affectionate rather than genuinely hostile.
deaf
Unable to hear
- inattentiveNot paying attention
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- tone-deafCannot perceive pitch differences
thick · blockhead · dullard · numbskull · dunce · clod · oaf · lummox · boor · dimwit
attentiveness to speech
cloth-earsgood listener
all ears · attentive · alert · sharp · quick on the uptake
responsiveness to instructions
cloth-earsresponsive
Quick to react
obedient · compliant · amenable · cooperative · dutiful
cloth, ear, ears, cloths, clothe, clothed, clothing, clothier, unclothed