Blinding

/ˈblaɪndɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of blind.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of blind
2. Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
3. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.
4. (UK, slang) Brilliant; marvellous.
5. (nonstandard) To an extreme degree; blindingly.
6. The act of causing blindness.
7. A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
8. A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.

Example Sentences

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.

blinding tears;  blinding snow

Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

“How’s it going?” “Blinding, mate.”

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

He made the basket on his second attempt, after an exchange of moves so blinding fast that Derek could barely distinguish them.

I was in a nightmare, and everything was blinding bright, inky black, blinding bright; and fading, and fading

It's the blinding obvious fact that American football is the real-life equivalent of Quidditch. Or maybe Fireball - the game invented by Joey and Chandler

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• more blinding
• most blinding
• blindings

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