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sightless

adjective
sight·​less | \ ˈsīt-ləs How to pronounce sightless (audio) \

Definition of sightless

1 : lacking sight : blind
2 : invisible sense 1
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Other Words from sightless

sightlessly adverb
sightlessness noun

Synonyms & Antonyms for sightless

Synonyms

blind, eyeless, stone-blind, visionless

Antonyms

sighted

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Examples of sightless in a Sentence

bats are often thought to be completely sightless, but this is not really true

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 Her mother, Nazife—whose name is never heard in the course of the film—has an oozing and apparently sightless eye and a grave bleeding wound near it, on the side of her face, which is bound with a compress and a towel. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "“Honeyland,” Reviewed: A Gripping, Frustrating Documentary About a Beekeeper’s Fragile Isolation," 1 Aug. 2019 At a glance, the saint’s eyes seem to be sightless or downcast. — New York Times, "What Leonardo da Vinci Couldn’t Finish," 11 July 2019

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First Known Use of sightless

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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sightless

adjective
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English Language Learners Definition of sightless

literary : not able to see

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sightless

adjective
sight·​less | \ ˈsīt-ləs How to pronounce sightless (audio) \

Kids Definition of sightless

: lacking sight : blind

sightless

adjective
sight·​less | \ ˈsīt-ləs How to pronounce sightless (audio) \

Medical Definition of sightless

: lacking sight : blind

Other Words from sightless

sightlessness noun

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