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nose-blind

nose-blind is the alternative form of nose blind.

Meaning of nose blind

Adjective

nose blind (comparative more nose blind, superlative most nose blind)

  1. Lacking the sense of smell.
    • They had no trouble fleeing, and seemed adequate in their care and preparations, but gods, they made a racket and left a trail a noseblind hound could follow.2013, Michael Z. Williamson, Tour of Duty
  2. Unable to detect particular odours and smells, usually due to familiarity with or prolonged exposure to them.
    • Gradually, the salty smell abated, or perhaps they had just become nose-blind to it.2015, Dale Kutzera, Andy McBean 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Forms of nose-blind

comparativemore nose-blind
superlativemost nose-blind

Questions about nose-blind

What is nose-blind the alternative form of?
Nose-blind is the alternative form of nose blind.

Words near nose-blind in the dictionary

  1. nose whistles
  2. nose-bag
  3. nose-bags
  4. nose-beard
  5. nose-beards
  6. nose-blind
  7. nose-bonk
  8. nose-bonked
  9. nose-bonking
  10. nose-bonks
  11. nose-candy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nose-blind (page history and authors); nose blind (page history and authors). 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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