Meanings
plural blindnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe 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 - figurativelyuncountableusuallyWant 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 - obsoleteuncountableusuallyconcealment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe state of being blind or lacking sight
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishblindnes“blindness”
- Middle Englishblyndnes
- Englishblindness
From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek τυφλότης
- τυφλότης (tuphlótēs)condition of being blind
Arabic عَمًى
- عَمًى (ʕaman)condition of being blind
Bengali অন্ধত্ব
- অন্ধত্ব (ondhotto)condition of being blind
Bulgarian слепота
- слепота (slepota)condition of being blind
Catalan ceguesa
- ceguesacondition of being blind
Chinese Mandarin 盲目性
- 盲目性 (mángmùxìng)condition of being blind
Czech slepota
- slepotacondition of being blind
Danish blindhed
- blindhedcondition of being blind
Dutch blindheid
- blindheidcondition of being blind
Esperanto blindeco
- blindecocondition of being blind
Estonian pimedus
- pimeduscondition of being blind
Finnish sokeus
- sokeuscondition of being blind
French cécité
- cécitécondition of being blind
German Blindheit
- Blindheitcondition of being blind
Greek τύφλωση, τυφλότητα
- τύφλωση (týflosi)condition of being blind
- τυφλότητα (tyflótita)condition of being blind
Hebrew עיוורון
- עיוורון (yvaron)condition of being blind
Hindi अंधापन, अंधता
- अंधापन (andhāpan)condition of being blind
- अंधता (andhtā)condition of being blind
Hungarian vakság
- vakságcondition of being blind
Irish daille
- daillecondition of being blind
Italian cecità
- cecitàcondition of being blind
Japanese 盲目, 盲
- 盲目 (mōmoku)condition of being blind
- 盲 (mekura)condition of being blind
Korean 장님
- 장님 (jangnim)condition of being blind
Latin caecitās
- caecitāscondition of being blind
Norwegian Bokmål blindhet
- blindhetcondition of being blind
Persian نابینایی
- نابینایی (nâbinâyi)condition of being blind
Polish ślepota
- ślepotacondition of being blind
Portuguese cegueira
- cegueiracondition of being blind
Romanian orbire
- orbirecondition of being blind
Russian слепота́
- слепота́ (slepotá)condition of being blind
Scottish Gaelic doille
- doillecondition of being blind
Slovak slepota
- slepotacondition of being blind
Spanish ceguera
- cegueracondition of being blind
Swahili upofu
- upofucondition of being blind
Swedish blindhet
- blindhetcondition of being blind
Turkish körlük
- körlükcondition of being blind
Ukrainian сліпота́
- сліпота́ (slipotá)condition of being blind
Vietnamese chứng mù
- chứng mùcondition of being blind
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with blindness
All rhymes →Cite this entry
blindness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blindness
“blindness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blindness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blindness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blindness.
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