BLINDFOLDED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

blindfolded

adjective

Definition of blindfolded

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Recent Examples of blindfolded Kittleson was zip-tied, blindfolded, and moved to multiple locations during her captivity. — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Vatu took the loss on this challenge, which saw nearly every member of each tribe blindfolded and led through an obstacle course by one non-blindfolded member. — Jacob Wilt, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 11 Mar. 2026 In the next frame, the fictional father — bound, blindfolded and kneeling on a muddy battlefield — is approached by a soldier, and shot in the head. — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026 Over the past 15 years, he has been imprisoned, blindfolded, interrogated, and put under house arrest with a 20-year ban on making films. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blindfolded

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Adjective

Anika Reed Was the blindfold the biggest trend of the Met Gala?

— Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 20 May 2026
The host handed me a blindfold and Bose noise-canceling headphones, playing the hypnotic sounds of a space drum with birds chirping in the distance.

— Shelby Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026

Definition of blindfold

Adjective

The port city has been targeted before, most recently yesterday when the semi-official Fars News Agency reported the provincial government saying a projectile hit the western part of Bandar Abbas.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
In June, the provincial government of Anhui published an action plan to fast-track BCI development across research, production and industrialization.

— Elaine Yu, CNBC, 11 July 2026

Definition of provincial

Adjective

Fake controversies that always tilt against one specific viewpoint and ideology that they are too blinded to understand.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
One of the critical risks to patient privacy is the accidental inclusion of personally identifiable information in what is supposed to be a blinded data payload.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

Definition of blinded

Adjective

The four-day tour through the Rust Belt is a sharp departure for a typically reserved and insular branch of government.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Judges step off the bench The four-day tour through the Rust Belt is a sharp departure for a typically reserved and insular branch of government.

— Sudhin Thanawala, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of insular

Adjective

And by a blinkered nonrecognition of the animus behind Noem’s action.

— George F. Will, Washington Post, 26 June 2026
The conflict looms large over the film’s Kosovar Albanian teens — as does institutionalized discrimination against them — but Basholli’s intentionally blinkered focus, through the eyes of her 13-year-old protagonist, proves constraining and liberating all at once.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026

Definition of blinkered

Adjective

Many children in Florida attending private, parochial or homeschool programs do not take the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking, or FAST, test, which is used by Florida’s public school districts to measure students’ achievement.

— Kendall Deas, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
They are hired hands and stewards of other people’s capital, with no desire to becoming embroiled in internecine squabbles between clashing advocates, parochial activists, and plain opportunists latching on to the moment.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026

Definition of parochial

Adjective

And while a few of its more hidebound customs can present something of an endurance test—outside of Chicagoland, nobody actually enjoys Take Me Out to the Ball Game—fans would probably riot if MLB managers stopped wearing their team’s uniform.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Trump expresses confidence that his nominee to become Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, can unleash an economic bonanza by jettisoning what the president sees as the central bank’s hidebound reluctance to slash interest rates.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026

Definition of hidebound

Adjective

The internet’s reactionary machinery is churning at full force after Graham’s sudden death and Mitch McConnell’s illness.

— Olivia George, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
And in recent years, the image of a white pioneer family in homespun garb has been impossible to separate from the reactionary tradwife trend.

— Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026

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