stone-blind

/'stoun'blaind/

Thân thiện

The old man is stone-blind and uses a white cane to navigate the sidewalk.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Completely blind: Having no vision whatsoever; totally unable to see.

Usage

• The adjective "stone-blind" is used to describe a person or animal that has absolutely no sight. It is an emphatic, somewhat old-fashioned, or literary term to stress the totality of the blindness. It is typically used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb).

Examples

• The old guide dog, now stone-blind, still knew the path home by memory and smell.
• After the accident, he was left stone-blind.
• She cared for her stone-blind grandfather with great devotion.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically to imply a complete lack of perception, understanding, or awareness in a non-literal sense, though this is less common.
  • He was stone-blind to the suffering he caused.

Variants and Related Words

• Blind (adj): Unable to see; the more common and general term.
• Sightless (adj): Lacking the sense of sight; a more formal synonym.

Synonyms

• Totally blind
• Profoundly blind
• Sightless

Notes on Meaning

• "Stone-blind" is a compound adjective where "stone" functions as an intensifier, meaning "completely" or "utterly," similar to its use in words like "stone-cold" or "stone-deaf." It emphasizes an absolute, unchangeable state.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. completely blind