purblind

purblind
    adj 1: having greatly reduced vision [syn: {dim-sighted}, {near-
           blind}, {purblind}, {sand-blind}, {visually impaired},
           {visually challenged}]
    2: lacking in insight or discernment; "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"- Jasper Griffin [syn: {obtuse}, {purblind}]
    

Purblind \Pur"blind`\, a. [For pure-blind, i. e., wholly blind.
   See {Pure}, and cf. {Poreblind}.]
   1. Wholly blind. "Purblind Argus, all eyes and no sight."
      --Shak.
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   2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a
      purblind eye; a purblind mole.
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            The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from
            heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer.
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            O purblind race of miserable men.     --Tennyson.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Pur"blind`ly}, adv. --
      {Pur"blind`ness}, n.
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65 Moby Thesaurus words for "purblind":
      authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blear-eyed, bleary-eyed, blind,
      blindfold, blindfolded, borne, closed, constricted, cramped,
      creedbound, dark, deaf, deaf to reason, dim, dim-eyed, dim-sighted,
      dull-sighted, fanatical, feeble-eyed, filmy-eyed, gravel-blind,
      half-blind, hidebound, illiberal, imperceptive, impercipient,
      insensible, insular, little, little-minded, mean, mean-minded,
      mean-spirited, mind-blind, mole-eyed, myopic, narrow,
      narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited,
      nearsighted, nonunderstanding, parochial, petty, provincial,
      sand-blind, shortsighted, sightless, small, small-minded,
      straitlaced, stuffy, unapprehending, uncatholic, uncharitable,
      uncomprehending, undiscerning, ungenerous, unliberal, unperceptive,
      weak-eyed