Purblind

Quick meaning: Purblind is an adjective meaning Of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind; dim-sighted.

Meaning

Of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind; dim-sighted.

More Meanings

1. Of the eyes: unable to see well, especially due to old age; weak.
2. Of a person: lacking in discernment or understanding; dim-witted, unintelligent.
3. Of a place: poorly illuminated; dark, dim.
4. Completely blind.
5. Having one eye blind.
6. Near-sighted, short-sighted; myopic.
7. Far-sighted, long-sighted; hypermetropic.

Example Sentences

[T]here were shown in to us an old, worn, purblind, ascetic-looking priest, […]

Yet did my Breſt that glorious fire incloſe, / VVhich their dull purblind Ignorance not ſavv, […]

O purblind race of miserable men, / How many among us at this very hour / Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves. / By taking true for false, or false for true.

And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare, / Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles, / How he outruns the wind, and with what care, / He cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles: […]

Word Forms

• purblinds
• purblinding
• purblinded

Synonyms for purblind

Depending on context, synonyms include bisson, half-sighted, moonblind, purblinded, sandblind, obtuse.

Antonyms for purblind

Common opposites include astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, educated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sand-blind, blind, dim-sighted, unsighted, undiscerning, obtuse.

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