blind

Meanings

• people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
  • "he spent hours reading to the blind"
• a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
  • "he waited impatiently in the blind"
• a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
  • "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
• something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
  • "the holding company was just a blind"
• render unable to see
• make blind by putting the eyes out
  • "The criminals were punished and blinded"
• make dim by comparison or conceal
• unable to see; --Kenneth Jernigan
  • "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"
• unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
  • "blind to a lover's faults"
  • "blind to the consequences of their actions"
• not based on reason or evidence
  • "blind hatred"
  • "blind faith"

Synonyms

dim, screen, subterfuge, unreasoning, unsighted