Synonyms for blinder


Grammar : Noun
Spell : blahyn-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblaɪn dər


Définition of blinder

Origin :
  • 1580s, agent noun from blind (v.). Especially of blinkers for horses from c.1800, often figurative. Related: Blinders.
  • noun obstruction
Example sentences :
  • It is as if I'd been blind all the time I have known you, blind to the truth of you and blinder still to my own truth.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • Are we moles, and blinder than moles, that we should continually be made the dupes of these women?
  • Extract from : « Stories By English Authors: Germany » by Various
  • "Wildfire, I got a rope on you—an' a hackamore—an' a blinder," said Slone.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories » by Various
  • "Blinder motions," Less rational, less well-guided emotions.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 » by Various
  • No, oh, no; for then she would be deafer and dumber and blinder than she was before.
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • For I have been blind and deaf, as blind and as deaf as this man was—yes, blinder than he ever was.
  • Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • In one picture the mask is shut; and in the other, one of the jaws, like a blinder to a bridle, is open.
  • Extract from : « Natural History » by Anonymous
  • Rob, blinder now than ever, thought that she wanted to get rid of him.
  • Extract from : « When a Man's Single » by J. M. Barrie
  • When the load is securely fastened in its place, the blinder is removed.
  • Extract from : « The Old Santa Fe Trail » by Henry Inman
  • Is there a blinder folly than the pageantry of fashionable society?
  • Extract from : « The Allen House » by T. S. Arthur

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