Purblind

//ˈpɜːblaɪnd//

Synonyms for "purblind" (222 found)

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Related words (111)

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Translations

22 translations across 16 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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  • νενῐ́ηλος adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Bengali

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  • অন্ধপ্রায় adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Bulgarian

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  • полусляп adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 半盲 adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Finnish

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  • heikkonäköinen adj (of the eyes: unable to see well, especially due to old age — see also weak)
  • hidasälyinen adj (of a person: lacking in discernment or understanding — see also dim-witted, unintelligent)
  • puolisokea adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)
  • yksinkertainen adj (of a person: lacking in discernment or understanding — see also dim-witted, unintelligent)

Georgian

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  • ბეცი adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

German

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  • halbblind adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Hungarian

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  • vaksi adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Irish

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  • caoch adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Italian

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  • lippo adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Japanese

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  • 半盲 adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)
  • adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Latin

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  • lippus adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Lithuanian

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  • pùsaklis adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Macedonian

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  • по́луслеп adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Russian

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  • полуслепой adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Swedish

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  • skumögd adj (of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind — see also dim-sighted)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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Thy dignitie or autorite, wherin thou onely differest from other, is (as it were) but a weighty or heuy cloke, fresshely gliteringe in the eyen of them that be poreblynde, where unto the it is paynefull, if thou weare hym in his right facion, and as it shal best become the.

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And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare, / Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles, / How he outruns the wind, and with what care, / He cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles: […]

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[H]e vvent into one of the boxes at the play-houſe, as uſual, to ſhevv himſelf to the ladies; and in reconnoitring the company through a glaſs, (for no other reaſon, but becauſe it vvas faſhionable to be purblind) perceived his miſtreſs very plainly dreſſed, in one of the ſeats above the ſtage, talking to another young vvoman of a very homely appearance.

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They […] ate the messes compounded for them in a darksome cupboard, known as the kitchen, by old Nanon the cook, purblind, stone-deaf, and all but imbecile, and popularly supposed to be the venerable mother of Madame Magnotte.

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