blindish

8.2

Having some trouble seeing clearly

adjective
/ˈblaɪndɪʃ/

Informal

: casi ciego

After the bright flash, her vision became blindish for a few moments.

Examples

The old man had a blindish gaze, struggling to focus on anything in the distance.
The painting had a blindish quality, making the faces appear hazy and indistinct.
She came forward right away—she looked out straight at us with that blindish look that Pritch alluded to.

Academic text (1993)
Vickery strives to keep his mind empty or numb (that is to say, free of competing actualities) in preparation for the "perhaps forty-five seconds" each night when he can observe "Mrs. B. walking down toward him with that blindish look in her eyes and the reticule in her.

Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

visually impaired

vsblindish

8 3.9

Having very little or no sight that makes seeing hard

is limited to milder cases with only somewhat reduced vision

visually challenged

vsblindish

1 5.8

Not able to see well and often needing help to read or move around

is a straightforward neutral description focusing on actual reduced vision

near-blind

vsblindish

1 6.3

Able to see only a little

is less extreme and means only some difficulty seeing

sand-blind

vsblindish

9.9

Having very poor sight because sand or dust hurt the eyes

is vaguer and means only a somewhat reduced ability to see

dim-sighted

vsblindish

8.6

Unable to see things clearly because you have weak eyes

is milder and refers to only some reduction in seeing ability

amblyopic

vsblindish

Specialized

9.9

Having weaker vision in one eye even though the eye looks healthy

is the general description for somewhat reduced sight not a medical diagnosis

Antonyms

sharp-eyed

3 4.1

Able to see small things and notice small changes quickly

clear-sighted

4.7

A person or animal that can see clearly, even far away

How Blind

blind

520 1.0

near-blind

1 6.3

blindish

Informal

8.2

sighted

1.3

Surface Forms

blindish positive

blindisher comparative

blindishest superlative

Morphology

blindish = blind (transparent) = blind + ish

The meaning 'somewhat blind' is directly and productively derived from the adjective 'blind' plus the familiar English suffix '-ish' indicating 'somewhat' or 'having the quality of'.

Etymology

Blindish is simply blind plus the ending -ish, where blind means unable to see and -ish means 'somewhat' or 'like', as in reddish or childish. So blindish means 'somewhat blind' or not fully able to see clearly.