sightless
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- adjective
- /ˈsaɪt.ləs/
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- The sightless child used her other senses to explore the world around her.
- sightless eyes
- sightless gaze
- sightless person
We'll feel the vibration of your footstep and we'll look for you with bulging, sightless eyes.
- We'll feel the vibration of your footstep and we'll look for you with bulging, sightless eyes.
- You were more in the nature of a character on a chess board, and for that reason, some of them called Napoleon the master of the sightless stare.
Examples
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After losing his vision, he learned to adapt to life as a sightless person.
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He navigated the crowded room with the grace of someone who was sightless.
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I'm also interested in finding out about our sightless friend.
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"And he closed his sightless eyes, pressed his hands together, and opened his mouth in song.
Fiction book (2000) -
And he's been sightless since he was a year old.
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But it only seemed to taunt him with its fixed, sightless stare.
Fiction book (1998) -
His wide, sightless eyes are turned upstream, watching for ships trapped on the far side of Quarantine.
Fiction book (2001) -
One of the embryos drifted from its restraints and turned a sightless face toward him.
Fiction book (2000) -
Now, in 1948, her lids drooped heavily over milky, almost sightless eyes.
Fiction book (1996) -
Ianvar lay there, frail, limp, his wings spread, the beak a little open, the eyes sightless.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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Unable to see because of illness, injury, or from birth
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Not able to see or not having eyes
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Not able to see well and often needing help to read or move around
Not able to see at all
A person who cannot see
Not able to see
Unable to see because of injury, illness, or bright light
Antonyms
How Sighted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sightless is built from sight, meaning 'the ability to see', and the ending -less, meaning 'without'. So sightless simply means 'without sight', like the common word blind, which helps you remember the meaning.