What does unsight mean?
Unsight means Absence of sight; lack of vision.
Unsight
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
Absence of sight; lack of vision.
Definitions by Sense
- Absence of sight; lack of vision
- (transitive, rare) To remove the sight of or from
- (firearms) To lose sight on a target
Example Sentences
He tries to correct this unsight in the second stanza, asking a series of speculative (and rhetorical) questions about his cousin's life.
[...] as dame in her dwelling, whereby I may picture her there; And in vain do I urge my unsight To conceive my lost prize At her close, whom I knew when her dreams were upbrimming with light, And with laughter her eyes.
Her robes shimmered with wards of unsight stitched in electrum thread.
The veil thus marks out the objects of both sexual and metaphysical desire as 'Scheingestalten'. A similar veil unsights the lover's gaze in Angelika as he perceives her 'wie durch einen Schleier' (S 1 116).
Just jeep as the Sten magazine emptied there came a single shot from the far end of the lane and in the same instant a bullet cracked over Butler's head.The jeep swung sharply to the right, unsighting him.
Synonyms for unsight
Antonyms for unsight
Related Words
Word Forms
- unsights
- unsighting
- unsighted
Usage Notes
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He tries to correct this unsight in the second stanza, asking a series of speculative (and rhetorical) questions about his cousin's life.
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