purblind as an adjective: - 1
- 2
purblind
adjective
1 purblind
Having greatly reduced vision.
synonyms: dim-sighted, near-blind, sand-blind, visually challenged, visually impaired.
Roget 443:
dim-sighted
etc.
n.;
myopic,
presbyopic†;
astigmatic,
moon-eyed,
mope-eyed,
blear-eyed,
goggle-eyed,
gooseberry-eyed,
one-eyed;
blind of one eye,
monoculous†;
half-blind,
purblind;
cock-eyed,
dim-eyed,
mole-eyed;
dichroic.
blind as a bat
etc.
(blind)
442;
winking
etc.
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Roget 481:
misjudging
etc.
v.;
ill-judging,
wrong-headed;
prejudiced
etc.
v.;
jaundiced;
shortsighted,
purblind;
partial,
one-sided,
superficial.
narrow-minded,
narrow-souled†;
mean-spirited;
confined,
illiberal,
intolerant,
besotted,
infatuated,
fanatical,
entete [Fr.],
positive,
dogmatic,
conceited;
opinative,
opiniative†;
opinioned,
opinionate,
opinionative,
opinionated;
self-opinioned,
wedded to an opinion,
opini=atre;
bigoted
etc.
(obstinate)
606;
crotchety,
fussy,
impracticable;
unreasonable,
stupid
etc.
499;
credulous
etc.
486;
warped.
misjudged
etc.
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Polish: niedowidzący, słabowidzący, półślepy
2 purblind
Lacking in insight or discernment:
— A purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin.
synonym: obtuse.
Polish: nieprzenikliwy
Moby thesaurus: authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blear-eyed, bleary-eyed, blind, blindfold, blindfolded, borne, closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, dark, deaf, deaf to reason, dim, dim-eyed, dim-sighted, dull-sighted, fanatical, feeble-eyed, filmy-eyed, gravel-blind, half-blind, hidebound, illiberal, imperceptive, impercipient, insensible, insular, little, little-minded, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, mind-blind, mole-eyed, myopic, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, nearsighted, nonunderstanding, parochial, petty, provincial, sand-blind, shortsighted, sightless, small, small-minded, straitlaced, stuffy, unapprehending, uncatholic, uncharitable, uncomprehending, undiscerning, ungenerous, unliberal, unperceptive, weak-eyed ... show more.
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