Purblind — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

having greatly reduced vision

lacking in insight or discernment; ; - Jasper Griffin

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɜːblaɪnd/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɜːblaɪnd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɜːblaɪnd/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈɜːblaɪnd/.

Examples

too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior
a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

visually impaired near-blind dim-sighted obtuse visually challenged sand-blind

Parts of Speech

adjective	having greatly reduced vision
adjective	lacking in insight or discernment; ; - Jasper Griffin “too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior”

Word Forms

obtuseness

noun

the quality of being slow to understand

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

obtus

avoir une vision considérablement réduite

🇪🇸Spanish

ciego

tener una visión muy reducida

🇮🇹Italian

miope

avendo una vista notevolmente ridotta

🇳🇱Dutch

blind

met een sterk verminderd gezichtsvermogen

🇵🇹Portuguese

cego

tendo visão bastante reduzida

🇷🇺Russian

слепой

сильное снижение зрения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चोंधर

दृष्टि बहुत कम हो जाना

🇮🇳Tamil

கண்மூடித்தனமான

பார்வையை வெகுவாகக் குறைத்தது

🇮🇳Telugu

గుడ్డి

బాగా తగ్గిన దృష్టిని కలిగి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

शुद्ध आंधळा

मोठ्या प्रमाणात दृष्टी कमी होणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

શુદ્ધ અંધ

દ્રષ્ટિમાં નોંધપાત્ર ઘટાડો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪರ್ಬ್ಲೈಂಡ್

ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ಕಡಿಮೆಯಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അന്ധൻ

കാഴ്ച വളരെ കുറഞ്ഞു

🇵🇰Urdu

صاف نابینا

بصارت کو بہت کم کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

盲人

视力大大下降

🇯🇵Japanese

紫色の

視力が大幅に低下した

🇰🇷Korean

눈먼

시력이 크게 감소한 경우

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người mù

bị giảm thị lực rất nhiều

🇹🇭Thai

ตาบอดตาใส

ทำให้การมองเห็นลดลงอย่างมาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

amat buta

mengalami penurunan penglihatan yang sangat besar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أعمى جزئيا

بعد انخفاض كبير في الرؤية

🇮🇷Persian

نابینا

کاهش شدید بینایی

🇹🇷Turkish

kör

büyük ölçüde azaltılmış görüşe sahip olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

עיוורון

בעל ראייה מופחתת מאוד

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