'Purblind' definitions:
Definition of 'purblind'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having greatly reduced vision [syn: dim-sighted, near- blind, purblind, sand-blind, visually impaired, visually challenged]
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Purblind'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. [1913 Webster]
- The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- O purblind race of miserable men. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] -- {Pur"blind`ly}, adv. -- {Pur"blind`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'purblind'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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