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[ adjective ] unable to see
Synonyms Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)He got hit from the blind side by the split_end coming_back on the second play of the game . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)In_any_event , the extraordinary result of this injury was that he became `` psychically blind '' , while at_the_same_time , apparently , the sense_of_touch remained essentially intact . Therefore , if the sense_of_touch is functioning normally and there is a complete absence of spatial awareness in a psychically blind person when the eyes are closed and an object is handled , the conclusion seems unavoidable that touch by itself cannot focus and take possession of the third-dimensionality of things and that actual sight or visual representations are necessary . ( 2 ) What evidence is there that he was psychically blind ? (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)Lightning could strike you blind if you were a sinner ! |
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[ noun ] people who have severe visual impairments
Examples "he spent hours reading to the blind" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Mrs._Trenchard worked for the blind . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
Examples "blind to a lover's faults" "blind to the consequences of their actions" Used in print (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)If he sees the heroic in a Sartoris or a Sutpen , he sees also - and he shows - the blind and the mean , and he sees the Compson family disintegrating from within . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not based on reason or evidence
Synonyms Examples "blind hatred" "blind faith" "unreasoning panic" Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)J._Wheaton_Smith , editor of the Warren_Telegraph stated that `` the ends of justice must be satisfied , a solitary example must be set , in_order_that all those misnamed philantropists [ sic ] , who , actuated by a blind zeal , dare to instigate riot , treason , and murder , may heed it and shape their future course accordingly '' . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)In blind panic of grief she accepted Jonathan 's dictum , and believed in her desperation that she had been cursed by God . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] without preparation or forethought or knowledge
Examples "a blind attempt" "a blind purchase" Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)We are here because all our paths travel a blind course through a thick forest , seeking human dignity . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make blind by putting the eyes out
Synonyms Examples "The criminals were punished and blinded" Used in print (Paul Ramsey, War and the Christian Conscience. Durham,...)We should not allow the image of an immanent end brought_about indirectly by our own action in the continuing human struggle for a just endurable order of existence to blind us to the fact that in some measure accelerating the end of our lease may be one consequence among others of many other of mankind 's thrusts toward we know not what future . (Herald Press Tracts, Scottdale, Pa....)In their case , the god of_this world [ Satan ] has blinded their unbelieving minds , that they should not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of God . Related terms |
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[ verb ] render unable to see
Used in print (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)She lived by the rules , never compromising , never blinded or diverted by circumstance . (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)Still nursing anger I listlessly thumbed a car that was slowly approaching , its pre-war chrome nearly blinding me . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
Examples "he waited impatiently in the blind" Used in print (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)He would have had ample time to go_into a blind somewhere and wait his prey . Related terms |
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[ noun ] something that keeps things out or hinders sight
Synonyms Examples "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)He must mentally pull the blinds and close the window , so that all that existed was in the books before him . Related terms protective_covering curtain shutter winker window_blind shield |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18333
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[ noun ] something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
Synonyms Examples "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge" "the holding company was just a blind" Related terms |
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