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Definition: Blinded |
BlindedAdjective1. Deprived of sight. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blinded" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ignorance | In the dark; benighted, belated; blinded, blindfolded; hoodwinked; misinformed; au bout de son latin, at the end of his tether, at fault; at sea; (uncertain); caught tripping. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Blinded |
| English words defined with "blinded": Blent ♦ snow-blind, snow-blinded. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "blinded": Basilisk ♦ half blinded, hollised ♦ Luggage. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "blinded": Polyphemus. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Blinded by their greed, they took them without question. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) I got so caught up in trying to encourage you, that I was blinded to your stinky performance. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) This world may have blinded me, but the Lord has let me see. (They Live; writing credit: John Carpenter) You're blinded by romance, you're blinded by science. (Shock Treatment; writing credit: Richard O'Brien; Jim Sharman) | |
Lyrics | The calliope crashed to the ground and she was blinded by the light, (Blinded By The Light (Bruce Springsteen); performing artist: MANFRED MANN) And I'm blinded (Blinded (When I See You); performing artist: THIRD EYE BLIND) Boy you've got me blinded (Baby One More Time; performing artist: Britney Spears) Maybe they're blinded (Bennie And The Jets; performing artist: Elton John) To a place where I am blinded by the light, (Goodbye To You; performing artist: Michelle Branch) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Blinded by the Light (1980) | |
Song Titles | Blinded By The Light (performing artist: Manfred Mann's Earth Band) Blinded (When I See You) (performing artist: THIRD EYE BLIND) She Blinded Me With Science (performing artist: Thomas Dolby) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | It nearly blinded him.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Blinded by the glitter.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Blinded airman listening to talking book] / Official First Air Force photo, Base Photo Lab. Bradley Field, Conn.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | What can the blinded man do in the world of commerce and industry.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Reading and writing are not lost arts to blinded men.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | The freedom of a man at years of discretion, and the subjection of a child to his parents, whilst yet short of that age, are so consistent, and so distinguishable, that the most blinded contenders for monarchy, by right of fatherhood, cannot miss this difference; the most obstinate cannot but allow their consistency: for were their doctrine all true, were the right heir of Adam now known, and by that title settled a monarch in his throne, invested with all the absolute unlimited power Sir R[obert] F[ilmer] talks of; if he should die as soon as his heir were born, must not the child, notwithstanding he were never so free, never so much sovereign, be in subjection to his mother and nurse, to tutors and governors, till age and education brought him reason and ability to govern himself and others? The necessities of his life, the health of his body, and the information of his mind, would require him to be directed by the will of others, and not his own; and yet will any one think, that this restraint and subjection were inconsistent with, or spoiled him of that liberty or sovereignty he had a right to, or gave away his empire to those who had the government of his nonage? This government over him only prepared him the better and sooner for it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Like an owl who should see the sun suddenly rise, the convict had been dazzled and blinded by virtue. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Stephen stumbled into the middle of the class, blinded by fear and haste. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Her eyes blinded with tears. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | These findings have been extended by two recently reported randomized and blinded clinical trials of the efficacy of the cholesterol-lowering drug, cholestyramine. (references) | |
Corneal transplantation has restored sight to many, who a generation ago would have been blinded permanently by corneal injury, infection, or inherited corneal disease or degeneration. (references) | ||
Children | Ethiopia | There are a few credible reports that children are maimed or blinded by their "handlers" in order to raise their earnings from begging. (references) |
Human Rights | Brazil | Police also were accused of killing a demonstrator in July 2000. In December 1999, police in the Federal District shot and killed one person and blinded another during a peaceful demonstration. (references) |
Political Economy | Sudan | There was no investigation into, nor action taken, in the 1999 case in which prison officials tortured a convicted bank robber so severely while in detention that he was blinded. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BASILISK, n. The cockatrice. A sort of serpent hatched form the egg of a cock. The basilisk had a bad eye, and its glance was fatal. Many infidels deny this creature's existence, but Semprello Aurator saw and handled one that had been blinded by lightning as a punishment for having fatally gazed on a lady of rank whom Jupiter loved. Juno afterward restored the reptile's sight and hid it in a cave. Nothing is so well attested by the ancients as the existence of the basilisk, but the cocks have stopped laying. |
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Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | When we tear aside the delusions and misconceptions which have blinded our countrymen to their condition under vicious tariff laws, we but show them how far they have been led away from the paths of contentment and prosperity. |
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| "Blinded" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 60.17% of the time. "Blinded" is used about 231 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 60.17% | 139 | 26,913 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 27.71% | 64 | 42,009 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 10.82% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.3% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 231 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "blinded": be blinded ♦ mentally blinded. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "blinded": half-blinded. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "blinded"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | jam i verbuar (be blinded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معمى. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бивам ослепен (be blinded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '" (Blinding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | být oslepen (be blinded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pulvertopfyldninger bestaar af et nyt indbygget skaervelag,hvis mellemrum efter foerst at vaere sproejtet med bindemiddel afdaekkes med praeparerede smaaskaerver(tjaere-eller bitumen) (grouted/penetration/ macadam surfacings are made by first spreading a layer of coarse aggregate which is then sprayed with binder and then blinded with tar or bitumen coated chippings to fill/choke/the voids/interstices/). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | blind experiment (blind experiment, blind study, blinded study, blinding, masked study). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sokaistua (be blinded, be dazzled, be infatuated), hän tuli sokeaksi (he went blind, was blinded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aveugle (blind, blinding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | blendete (bedazzled, dazzled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Οι επενδύσεις από εμποτισμένο σκυρωτό συνίστανται από μία στρώση θραυστών σκύρων διαβραχέντων με ένα συνδετικό υλικό και των οποίων τα κε (grouted/penetration/ macadam surfacings are made by first spreading a layer of coarse aggregate which is then sprayed with binder and then blinded with tar or bitumen coated chippings to fill/choke/the voids/interstices/), τυφλό πείραμα (blind experiment, blind study, blinded study, blindfold test, masked study). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מסומא (stone blind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vak (be blinded, blind, dry, hooded, sightless, unseeing, visionless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | studio in cieco (blind experiment, blind study, blinded study, masked study), le pavimentazioni a penetrazione bituminosa sono formate da una massicciata di pietrisco cilindrato,spruzzata di bitume e saturata di pietrischetto (grouted/penetration/ macadam surfacings are made by first spreading a layer of coarse aggregate which is then sprayed with binder and then blinded with tar or bitumen coated chippings to fill/choke/the voids/interstices/), esperimento in cieco (blind experiment, blind study, blinded study, blinding, masked study). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 俄盲 (one suddenly blinded, sudden blindness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | にわかめくら (one suddenly blinded, sudden blindness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 누멀게 하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | doallit, dallit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | indedblay revestimento de macadame tratado por percolação;-:camada de brita.Os revestimentos de macadame tratados por percolação são constituídos por uma camada de brita cujos vazios são enchidos de cascalho (grouted/penetration/ macadam surfacings are made by first spreading a layer of coarse aggregate which is then sprayed with binder and then blinded with tar or bitumen coated chippings to fill/choke/the voids/interstices/), estudo cego (blind experiment, blind study, blinded study, masked study), ensaio cego (blind experiment, blind study, blinded study, masked study). (various references) быть ослепленным (be blinded). (various references) zaslepljen (infatuated). (various references) obcecado (blind, mentally blinded, obdurate, stubborn), los pavimentos de macadam impregnado se realizan extendiendo primero una capa de áridos gruesos, tratada a continuación con un ligante y después los huecos se rellenan de gravilla mezclada con betún o alquitrán (grouted/penetration/ macadam surfacings are made by first spreading a layer of coarse aggregate which is then sprayed with binder and then blinded with tar or bitumen coated chippings to fill/choke/the voids/interstices/), deslumbrarse (be blinded). (various references) förblindad (infatuated). (various references) засліплений. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 11, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ti oun o epizhtei israhl toutou ouk epetucen h de eklogh epetucen oi de loipoi epwrwqhsan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quid ergo quod quaerebat Israhel hoc non est consecutus electio autem consecuta est ceteri vero excaecati sunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | La, hwæt? Þæt þe Israel sohte eornostlice ne mihte he gefon, ac þa gecorene hæbben hit gefangen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | What thanne? Israel hath not getun this that he souyte, but eleccioun hath getun; and the othere ben blyndid. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | What then? Israel hath not obtayned that that he sought. No but yet the election hath obtayned it. The remnaunt are blynded |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 11, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Busa, unsa man? Ang Israel napakyas sa pagkab-ot sa iyang gipangita. Ang mga pinili nakakab-ot hinoon niini, apan ang uban gipagahi, |
| Croatian | to dakle? to Izrael ište, to nije postigao, ali izabrani postigoše. Ostali pak otvrdnuše, |
| Danish | Hvad altså? Det, Israel søger efter, har det ikke opnået, men Udvalget har opnået det; de øvrige derimod bleve forhærdede, |
| Dutch | Wat dan? Hetgeen Israel zoekt, dat heeft het niet verkregen; maar de uitverkorenen hebben het verkregen, en de anderen zijn verhard geworden. |
| Finnish | Miten siis on? Mitä Israel tavoittelee, sitä se ei ole saavuttanut, mutta valitut ovat sen saavuttaneet; muut ovat paatuneet, |
| French | Quoi donc? Ce qu`Israël cherche, il ne l`a pas obtenu, mais l`élection l`a obtenu, tandis que les autres ont été endurcis, |
| German | Wie denn nun? Was Israel sucht, das erlangte es nicht; die Auserwählten aber erlangten es. Die andern sind verstockt, |
| Hungarian | Micsoda tehát? A mit Izráel keres, azt nem nyerte meg: a választottak ellenben megnyerték, a többiek pedig megkeményíttettek: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jadi, bagaimana? Umat Israel tidak mendapat apa yang mereka cari. Yang mendapatnya hanyalah segolongan kecil orang-orang yang telah dipilih oleh Allah. Yang lain semuanya menjadi keras kepala terhadap panggilan Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau begitu, bagaimanakah halnya? Apa yang dicari oleh bani Israel itu tiada dapat; tetapi orang pilihan sudah dapat, maka yang lain itu sudah dijadikan-Nya keras hati, |
| Italian | Che dire dunque? Israele non ha ottenuto quello che cercava; lo hanno ottenuto invece gli eletti; gli altri sono stati induriti, |
| Maori | Ha, he pehea ra? Ko ta Iharaira e rapu nei, kihai tenei i taea e ia; otira kua taea e te hunga whiriwhiri, ko era atu ia i whakapakeketia: |
| Norwegian | Hvorledes altså? Det som Israel attrår, det har det ikke nådd; men de utvalgte har nådd det, de andre er blitt forherdet, |
| Portuguese | Pois quê? O que Israel busca, isso não o alcançou; mas os eleitos alcançaram; e os outros foram endurecidos, |
| Rumanian | Deci, ce urmeazq? Cq Israel n`a cqpqtat ce cquta, iar rqmqwiya aleasq a cqpqtat; pe cknd ceilalyi au fost kmpietriyi, |
| Shuar | Ayu. Nuikia Ashí Israer-shuar pénkeran eakaru ain aya Yus achikmia Nú shuar wainkiarmiayi. Antsu ni achikchamuka nuna nankaamas nekaachmin ajasar kusurua Núnin awajnasarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Sasa, je? Watu wa Israeli hawakukipata kile walichokuwa wanakitafuta; lakini wote walioteuliwa walikipata. Wengine walipumbazwa, |
| Swedish | Huru är det alltså? Vad Israel står efter, det har det icke fått; allenast de utvalda hava fått det, medan de andra hava blivit förstockade. |
| Uma | Jadi', lolita powoe-na hewa toi: to Israel doko' mpotuku' ohea-ra moto bona ngalai' jadi' monoa' -ra hi poncilo Alata'ala, aga uma raratai napa to rapali' toe. Ria moto-ra to mporata, aga hangkedi' -wadi, paka' to napelihi ami' -ramo Alata'ala. To ntani' -ntani' -na mengkabatu hi pekio' Pue', |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "blinded": unblinded. (additional references) | |
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"Blinded" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bildad, binded, blenden, blidah, blinde, blindes, blonded, blunden, blynde, bolined, brinded. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "blinded" (pronounced blī"ndud) |
| 5 | -ī" n d u d | minded, reminded. |
| 4 | -n d u d | abounded, amended, appended, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, backhanded, banded, befriended, bended, blended, bonded, bounded, branded, candid, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, confounded, contended, corresponded, defended, demanded, depended, descended, disbanded, distended, dumbfounded, ended, evenhanded, expanded, expended, expounded, extended, fended, founded, funded, grounded, handed, hounded, impounded, intended, landed, masterminded, mended, offended, overextended, overfunded, pounded, pretended, propounded, rebounded, recommended, refunded, remanded, reprimanded, rescinded, responded, rounded, sanded, seconded, sounded, splendid, stranded, surrounded, suspended, tended, transcended, trended, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, underfunded, underhanded, unfounded, unfunded, unintended, winded, wounded. |
| 3 | -d u d | abided, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, applauded, avoided, awarded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, beheaded, bladed, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, braided, breaded, broadsided, brooded, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, conceded, concluded, confided, corded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defrauded, degraded, deluded, denuded, derided, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, eluded, embedded, encoded, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, exceeded, excluded, exploded, extruded, exuded, faded, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, guarded, guided, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, included, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, melded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, outmoded, overcrowded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, prided, proceeded, prodded, provided, raided, railroaded, receded, recorded, redheaded, regarded, reloaded, remolded, resided, retarded, rewarded, safeguarded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, spearheaded, speeded, stampeded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, threaded, traded, unaided, undecided, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, wooded, worded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-d-e-i-l-n" | |
-1 letter: bidden, bindle, dindle. | |
-2 letters: bided, bield, blend, blind, dined, idled, lined, nided. | |
-3 letters: bend, bide, bile, bind, bine, bled, blin, deil, deli, deni, died, diel, dine, idle, lend, lied, lien, line, nide. | |
-4 letters: bed, bel, ben, bid, bin, deb, del, den, dib, did, die, din, eld, end, led, lei, lib, lid, lie, lin, neb. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-d-e-i-l-n" | |
+1 letter: brindled. | |
+2 letters: blindside, unblinded, unbridled. | |
+3 letters: befuddling, begladding, bemuddling, blandished, blindsided, blindsides, imboldened, unbloodied. | |
+4 letters: backslidden, blindfolded, bobsledding, descendible, nondisabled, undecidable. | |
+5 letters: bloodstained, bobsleddings, feebleminded, nondisableds. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 69 6E 64 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-.. .. -. -.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l i n d e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0069 006E 0064 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36787580707170 |
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