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blinding

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

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

    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.

  3. Brilliant; marvellous.

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

adv

Etymology: By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

  1. To an extreme degree; blindingly.

    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.

noun

Etymology: By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

  1. The act of causing blindness.
  2. A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
  3. A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.

verb

Etymology: By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of blind