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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sightlessness |
| Synonyms: | amaurosis, anopsia, astigmatism, cataracts, darkness, defect, myopia, presbyopia, purblindness, typhlosis |
| Antonyms: | sight, sightedness |
| Main Entry: | blindness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Blindness. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; perceptions of light |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
blindness, cecity, excecation, amaurosis, cataract, ablepsy, prestriction; dim-sightedness [more]; ablepsia; Braille, Braille-type; guttaserena ("drop serene"), noctograph, teichopsia.
-verbs
be blind; not see; lose sight of; have the eyes bandaged; grope in the dark., not look; close the eyes, shut the eyes, turn away the eyes, avert the eyes; look another way; wink (limited vision); shut the eyes to, be blind to, wink at, blink at., render blind; blind, blindfold; hoodwink, dazzle, put one's eyes out; throw dust into one's eyes; jeter de la poudre aux yeux; screen from sight (hide).
-adjectives
blind; eyeless, sightless, visionless; dark; stone-blind, sand-blind, stark-blind; undiscerning; dimsighted., blind as a bat, blind as a buzzard, blind as a beetle, blind as a mole, blind as an owl; wall-eyed., blinded.
-adverbs
blindly, blindfold; darkly.
-phrases
"O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon" [Milton].
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| Antonyms: | vision |
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