Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blind

/ˈblaːnd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: blind
IPA: /ˈblaːnd/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unable to see, or only partially able to see.

adj

Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.

adj

Having little or no visibility.

adj

Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.

adj

Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.

adj

Able to be fixed without access to one end.

adj

Smallest or slightest.

adj

Without any prior knowledge.

Example Sentences

"Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn."
"Braille is a writing system for the blind."
"his blind eye"
"He that is strucken blind cannot forget / The precious treasure of his eyesight lost."
"He was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose..."
"The lovers were blind to each other’s faults."

Etymology

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Cognate with Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish blind, Faroese and Icelandic blindur.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *bʰlendʰ-, blynd, blind, *blind, *blindaz, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈblaːnd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

blinder (comparative) blindest (superlative) blinde (alternative, obsolete) blinds (plural) blinds (present, singular) blinding (participle, present) blinded (participle, past) blinded (past) blound (humorous, nonstandard) more blind (comparative) most blind (superlative)

Derived Forms

beblind blinders blindfish blindfold blindful blindhood blindie blindish blindism blindly blindman blinds

Phrases

a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse are you blind bake something blind blind abscess blind alley blind as a bat blind as a beetle blind as an owl

Frequently Paired Words

invisible print disabled ageusic anosmic deaf curtain jalousie

Synonyms

sightless rollsign unreasoning unsighted screen subterfuge dim

Antonyms

seeing sighted

Rhymes With

find kind mind behind designed signed wind combined defined assigned remind declined

Questions

How do you pronounce blind?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblaːnd/.
What does blind mean?: Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
Where does blind come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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