blind
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(a) unable to see
- "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan
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(s) unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
- blind to a lover's faults
- blind to the consequences of their actions
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(s) not based on reason or evidence
- blind hatred
- blind faith
- unreasoning panic
Nouns
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(n) people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
- he spent hours reading to the blind
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(n) a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
- he waited impatiently in the blind
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(n) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet
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(n) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
- he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge
- the holding company was just a blind
Verbs
- (v) render unable to see
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(v) make blind by putting the eyes out
- The criminals were punished and blinded
- (v) make dim by comparison or conceal dim,
Synonyms
unsighted unreasoning screen dim subterfugeAntonyms
sightedWords of close approximity
blind alley
blind bend
blind corner
blind curve
blind date
blind drunk
blinded
blind eel
blinder
blind flying
blindfold
blindfolded
blind gentian
blind gut
blinding
blind landing
blindly
blindman's bluff
blindman's buff
blindness
blind person
blindside
blind side
blind snake
blind spot
blind staggers
blind stitching
blind trust
blindworm