Blinding

//ˈblaɪndɪŋ// adj, adv, noun, verb, slang

adj, adv, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of causing blindness.
  2. 2
    A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
  3. 3
    A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of blind form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Very bright (as if to cause blindness).

    "On it came, and with it came the glorious blinding cloud of many-coloured light, and stood before us for a space, turning, as it seemed to us, slowly round and round, and then, accompanied by its attendant pomp of sound, passed away I know not whither."

  2. 2
    Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.

    "blinding tears;  blinding snow"

  3. 3
    Brilliant; marvellous. UK, slang

    "“How’s it going?” “Blinding, mate.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    shining intensely wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    To an extreme degree; blindingly. nonstandard

    "certain 'details' of 'scientifically realized socialism' became blinding obvious"

Synonyms

All synonyms
brightablepsiaabsoluteamaurosisbedazzlingbenightedness

Example

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"The bomb exploded with a blinding flash."

Etymology

By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

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