blindness
Syllables: blind·ness/ˈblaɪndnəs/
blindness noun: the condition of being blind; unable to see.
Noun
blindness (usually uncountable, plural blindnesses)
- The condition of being blind; unable to see.
- DHPG […] is effective in fighting Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus which, for PWAs, can cause CMV retinitis — a condition which can lead to blindness within weeks.1989 February 5, Judy Harris, “Untitled image caption”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 29, page 3
- Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.
- A tormenting hunger shuddered through her and she wished she could put aside the power. Oh, to be as others were — blind in that safest of all blindnesses, living only the hypnoidal half-life into which birth-shock precipitated most humans.1976, Frank Herbert, Children of Dune
- concealment
blindness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
blindness in Hindi
- condition of being blind
- अंधापन andhāpan, अंधता andhtā
blindness in Tamil
- குருட்டுத்தன்மை
blindness in Marathi
- blindness
- आंधळेपणा āndhaḷepaṇā, अंधत्व andhatva
blindness in Urdu
- blindness
- اندھا پن andhāpan
More languagesFewer languages
- blindness in Bengali
- অন্ধত্ব ondhotto
- blindness in Telugu
- అంధత్వము andhatvamu, గుడ్డితనం guḍḍitanaṁ
- blindness in Malayalam
- അന്ധത andhata
- blindness in Kannada
- ಕುರುಡು, ಕುರುಳು, ಕುರುಡುತನ, ಕುರಡು
- blindness in Punjabi
- ਅੰਨ੍ਹੇਪਣ, ਅੰਨ੍ਹੇਪਨ
- blindness in Gujarati
- અંધત્વ, આંધળાપણું
- blindness in Odia
- ଅନ୍ଧତ୍ୱ, ଅନ୍ଧତ୍ବ
- blindness in Nepali
- अन्धोपन, अन्धापन
- blindness in Arabic
- عَمًى ʕaman
- blindness in Persian
- نابینایی nâbinâyi
- blindness in Vietnamese
- chứng mù
Examples of blindness in a sentence
- The cavalry messenger dismounted after his moon blindness made it unsafe to ride on through the wilderness.
- But she did so with a historical blindness that America often demonstrates when talking about Black people.
- This logic exposes the segregationist intent of tuition grants beneath the superficial color blindness.
Synonyms of blindness
Forms of blindness
| plural | blindnesses |
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Origin of blindness
From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness.
Words formed from blindness
- ad blindness
- banner blindness
- color-blindness
- colour-blindness
- colour blindness
- color blindness
- day blindness
- day-blindness
- deafblindness
- deaf-blindness
- domestic blindness
- face blindness
- fire blindness
- hysterical blindness
- inattentional blindness
- legal blindness
- letter blindness
- moon blindness
- motion blindness
- night blindness
- nose blindness
- perceptual blindness
- place blindness
- race blindness
- race-blindness
- red-green color blindness
- river blindness
- smell blindness
- snow blindness
- snow-blindness
- stereoblindness
- time-blindness
- voice blindness
- wilful blindness
- willful blindness
- word-blindness
- word blindness
Phrases with blindness
Words that rhyme with blindness
Questions about blindness
- What does blindness mean?
- Blindness means the condition of being blind; unable to see.
- What is blindness in Hindi?
- Blindness in Hindi is अंधापन (andhāpan), अंधता (andhtā). See Blindness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blindness?
- Blindness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce blindness?
- Blindness is pronounced /ˈblaɪndnəs/.
- What is the plural of blindness?
- The plural of blindness is blindnesses.
Words near blindness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blindness (page history and authors); blindness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अंधत्व (Marathi) (page history and authors); اندھا پن (Urdu) (page history and authors); blindness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blindness (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blindness (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blindness (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blindness (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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