Definition of Sightless

1. Adjective. Lacking sight. "Blind as an eyeless beggar"

Exact synonyms: Eyeless, Unseeing
Similar to: Blind, Unsighted
Derivative terms: Eyelessness, Sightlessness

Definition of Sightless

1. a. Wanting sight; without sight; blind.

Definition of Sightless

1. Adjective. Without sight; blind. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sightless

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sightless

sight translation
sight triangle
sight unseen
sight word
sight words
sighted
sightedness
sighter
sighters
sightful
sightfulness
sighthound
sighthounds
sighting
sightings
sightless (current term)
sightlessly
sightlessness
sightlessnesses
sightlier
sightliest
sightline
sightlines
sightliness
sightlinesses
sightly
sightproof
sightread
sightreader
sightreading

Literary usage of Sightless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Table Book by William Hone (1827)
"sightless, and gently led her unseen round. She daily creeps, ami draws a soothing ... They who are not pierced by her " sightless eye-balls " have no sight ..."

2. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... carried out—Randolph's Tribute on this subject—sightless Cyclops in the ascendant, and Wise Ulysses grumbling among elderly Ladies and writing History. ..."

3. Memorials of Dixie-land: Orations, Essays, Sketches, and Poems on Topics by Lucian Lamar Knight (1919)
"Nor is it due alone to the pathetic infirmity which envelopes him in physical darkness. For back of the sightless orbs an ..."

4. Typical Newspaper Stories by Harry Franklin Harrington (1915)
"AN EAGER FACE, sightless EYES, A HEROIC VOICE AND A SMILE —THAT'S MISS KELLER An eager face; sightless eyes that seem to be looking for something; ..."

5. The Mentor (1891)
"SIGHT AND sightless DRAUGHTS-PLAYING. V. (Concluded,} CHANGING THE MOVE. "A BLOCK" (as referred to in our last number) maybe effected as follows : "9-13, ..."

6. Searchlights on Some American Industries by James Cooke Mills (1911)
"IX sightless WORKERS THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BLIND THE MICHIGAN EMPLOYMENT INSTITUTION FOR ... Great progress is being made in teaching sightless persons, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Sightless on Dictionary.com!Search for Sightless on Thesaurus.com!Search for Sightless on Google!Search for Sightless on Wikipedia!

Search