blindness B2 Topic:Senses & Perception US /ˈblaɪndnəs/ See IPA manual Freq #14874 Meanings 1 noun The condition of not being able to see. The disease left him with permanent blindness in one eye. 2 noun A refusal or failure to notice or understand something. Her blindness to his faults surprised everyone who knew them. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the condition of not being... sightlessness More ablepsyblindhoodcecity Word family Forms blindnesses Derived forms color-blindnesscolour-blindnessday-blindnessdeaf-blindnessdeafblindnessrace-blindnesssnow-blindnessstereoblindnesstime-blindnessword-blindness Common collocations color blindness Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness. blyndnes Middle English blindnes Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Senses & Perception External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # blindness **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈblaɪndnəs/ **Frequency rank:** 14874 ## Meanings 1. The condition of not being able to see. 2. A refusal or failure to notice or understand something. ## Examples - The disease left him with permanent blindness in one eye. - Her blindness to his faults surprised everyone who knew them. ## Synonyms - ablepsy - blindhood - cecity - sightlessness ## Derived Forms - color-blindness - colour-blindness - day-blindness - deaf-blindness - deafblindness - race-blindness - snow-blindness - stereoblindness - time-blindness - word-blindness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: blyndnes - Root: blindnes ## Etymology From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness. ## AI Etymology Blindness comes from Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness. ## Topics - Senses & Perception markdown