nose blind

comparative more nose blind · superlative most nose blind · alternative nose-blind · alternative noseblind

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

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   Chaco looked at her, affronted. “I already know which car is his,” he whispered. “I'm not nose-blind, you know.” “I never took you for nose-blind, whatever that is,” she said, rummaging in her car for the water.

   2015, K.D. Keenan, The Obsidian Mirror

   I had just been getting to the point where I no longer noticed the rotting smell, whether it was because the smell was going away or I had just become nose-blind to it I wasn't certain, but this was a fresh smell, recent.

   2016, Sean Little, After Everyone Died