blind
adjective
[ blʌɪnd ]
• unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition.
• "a blind man with a stick"
Similar:
visually impaired,
unsighted,
sightless,
visionless,
unseeing,
stone blind,
eyeless,
partially sighted,
half blind,
purblind,
as blind as a bat,
• lacking perception, awareness, or judgement.
• "a blind acceptance of the status quo"
Similar:
imperceptive,
unperceptive,
slow,
obtuse,
stupid,
uncomprehending,
unimaginative,
insensitive,
thick-skinned,
bovine,
stolid,
unintelligent,
dense,
dim,
dim-witted,
thick,
slow on the uptake,
dumb,
dopey,
not with it,
dozy,
glaikit,
dumb-ass,
chowderheaded,
dof,
unmindful of,
mindless of,
careless of,
heedless of,
oblivious to,
insensible to,
unconcerned about/by,
inattentive to,
indifferent to,
insensitive of,
negligent of,
uncritical,
unreasoned,
unthinking,
unconsidered,
mindless,
injudicious,
undiscerning,
indiscriminate,
airy,
insouciant,
credulous,
naive,
• (of a corner or bend in a road) impossible to see round.
• "two trucks collided on a blind curve in the road"
• not the slightest (used in emphatic expressions).
• "this declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers"
• (of a plant) without buds, eyes, or terminal flowers.
• "planting too shallowly is the most common cause of bulbs coming up blind"
blind
verb
• cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily.
• "the injury temporarily blinded him"
Similar:
make blind,
deprive of sight,
deprive of vision,
render unsighted,
render sightless,
put someone's eyes out,
gouge someone's eyes out,
stop someone seeing,
obscure someone's vision,
block someone's vision,
dazzle,
• deprive (someone) of understanding, judgement, or perception.
• "he was blinded by his faith"
Similar:
deprive of understanding,
deprive of perception,
deprive of judgement,
deprive of reason,
deprive of sense,
• move very fast and dangerously.
• "I could see the bombs blinding along above the roof tops"
blind
noun
• a screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats.
• "she pulled down the blinds"
Similar:
screen,
shade,
louvre,
awning,
canopy,
sunshade,
curtain,
shutter,
cover,
covering,
protection,
Venetian blind,
Austrian blind,
roller blind,
jalousie,
persienne,
• something designed to conceal one's real intentions.
• "he phoned again from his own home: that was just a blind for his wife"
Similar:
deception,
camouflage,
screen,
smokescreen,
front,
facade,
cover,
disguise,
cloak,
pretext,
masquerade,
mask,
feint,
trick,
stratagem,
ploy,
ruse,
scheme,
device,
move,
manoeuvre,
contrivance,
machination,
expedient,
artifice,
wile,
dodge,
• a heavy drinking bout.
• "he's off on a blind again"
blind
adverb
• without being able to see clearly.
• "he was the first pilot in history to fly blind"
Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German blind .
