unseeing

Examples

• All

• The last he saw of his wife was her flattened mouth and cheek against the window glass and one unseeing eye.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "Dropping the letter, Ben lay back on his bunk, his eyes open but unseeing.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Zhuken sat aloof, looking into the distance with an unseeing gaze, and was silent.

  Fiction book (1996)

• She stood on the street corner, her face blank and her unseeing eyes staring into space.

• In the dim light, his unseeing gaze seemed fixed on a distant memory.

• The crowd passed by him, their unseeing expressions showing they were lost in their own thoughts.

Synonyms

B

blind

vsunseeing

520 1.0

Unable to see because of illness, injury, or from birth

is broader and does not focus on specific causes or duration

S

sightless

vsunseeing

5 5.0

Not able to see, as a person or animal

is the plain statement of lacking visual perception without cause

E

eyeless

vsunseeing

2 6.6

Not able to see or not having eyes

refers to lack of sight generally, not necessarily missing eyes

S

stone-blind

vsunseeing

8.4

Not able to see at all

is a general lack of visual ability that may be partial

U

unsighted

vsunseeing

8.8

A person who cannot see

is the common, general notion of not being able to perceive visually

B

blinded

vsunseeing

3.4

Unable to see because of injury, illness, or bright light

is neutral about cause and can be congenital or permanent

Antonyms

S

seeing

1.0

Able to notice things with the eyes

How Sighted

sighted

1.3

visually impaired

8 3.9

unseeing

7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology