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blinding en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

Meanings

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. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
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. 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 1:
3. (UK, slang) Brilliant; marvellous.
   • “How’s it going?” “Blinding, mate.”

Forms

Deriveds

nonblinding · blindingness

Translations (20)

ga dalltach (very bright) · de grell (very bright) · es cegador (very bright) · ga gléineach (very bright) · pt ofuscante (very bright) · uk сліпу́чий (very bright) · fi sokaiseva (very bright) · ru ослепи́тельный (very bright) · ga dallraitheach (very bright) · bg ослепи́телен (very bright) · ru ослепля́ющий (very bright) · ca encegador (very bright) · izh häikävälliin (very bright) · de blendend (very bright) · zh 刺眼 (very bright) · bg заслепя́ващ (very bright) · ga scéiniúil (very bright) · pt cegante (very bright) · ro orbitor (very bright) · izh häikävä (very bright)

blinding en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard) To an extreme degree; blindingly.
   • 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 2005 February 8, “The greatest show on earth”, in Guardian Unlimited:
   • certain 'details' of 'scientifically realized socialism' became blinding obvious 1983, Régis Debray, Critique of Political Reason, page 6:
   • He made the basket on his second attempt, after an exchange of moves so blinding fast that Derek could barely distinguish them. 1997, Steven Barnes, Blood Brothers, page 190:
   • Roger Yates, chief executive officer of Henderson Group Plc in London, which oversees about $125 billion said Greenspan's remarks were "blinding obvious". 2007 May 24, “US Note Yields Near 4-Month High Before Durable Goods Report”, in Bloomberg:
   • I was in a nightmare, and everything was blinding bright, inky black, blinding bright; and fading, and fading 2003, Sally Prue, The Devil's Toenail, page 139:
   • WHILST IT'S blinding obvious that converged networks are the way to go, it's also apparent that C21 [21st Century] networks won't get rapidly rolled out 2006 November 28, “Converged networks lack adequate business tools”, in Inquirer:

Forms

Translations (1)

fi äärettömän (to an extreme degree)

blinding en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Relateds

effing and blinding

Translations (2)

pt cegamento (act of causing blindness) · gl cegamento (act of causing blindness)

blinding en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of blind
   form of blind