Blinder
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈblaɪndə/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Blinder is an adjective meaning comparative form of blind: more blind.
Meaning
comparative form of blind: more blind.
More Meanings
- Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To fit (a horse) with blinders.
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) To obstruct the vision of.
Example Sentences
[…] We climb in hopes / Of such seeing up the leaf-shuttered escarpments, / Blindered by green, under a green-grained sky
They think they're being focussed when they're really just blindering their eyes, as a farmer would a plough horse, to ways of getting to their goal faster.
Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate.
Word Forms
- blinders
- blindering
- blindered
Synonyms for blinder
Depending on context, synonyms include winker, blinker.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include winker, blinker, oaxaca, blindfold, sunblind, blindhood.
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