ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Eyeless

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Eyeless is an adjective meaning Having no eyes (organs of sight).

Meaning

Having no eyes (organs of sight).

More Meanings

  1. Having no sight; blind.
  2. (uncommon, of tools or objects, especially suturing needles) Having no eye: having no hole.

Example Sentences

eyeless needle
Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.
I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.

Synonyms for eyeless

Depending on context, synonyms include uneyed, sightless, blind, unseeing, unsighted.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sightless, unseeing, blind, unsighted, irisless, eyelidless.

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