# blinding

Pronunciation: say "BLYN-ding" /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. So intensely bright that it seems capable of taking away one's sight.
   - Simple: So bright that it hurts your eyes and you can barely see.
   - _A blinding flash lit up the room a second before the thunder._
   - _The headlights were blinding, and she had to shield her eyes._
3. Depriving someone of sight, or of clear judgment and understanding.
   - Simple: Taking away someone's sight, or stopping them from thinking clearly.
   - _A blinding devotion to the leader left no room for doubt._
   - _The chemical had a blinding effect, leaving the workers unable to see._
4. Excellent; wonderfully good. *(slang, UK)*
   - Simple: Really great or wonderful.
   - _The band put on a blinding show last night._
   - _She cooked us a blinding meal after the match._

## Verb

2. Present participle of blind. — present participle and gerund of blind
   - Simple: Present participle of blind. Use this form for the action happening right now.
   - _The glare off the water was blinding the sailors on deck._
   - _Tear gas drifted across the square, blinding the protesters._

## Noun

5. The act of depriving a person of sight.
   - Simple: The act of making someone unable to see.
   - _The blinding of captives appears in several ancient chronicles._
   - _The explosion led to the blinding of two factory workers._
7. A light layer of sand or gravel spread over a newly built road to fill holes in its surface.
   - Simple: A thin layer of sand or small stones spread to fill holes in a new road.
   - _Workers laid a blinding of fine gravel before the road was opened._
   - _The blinding sealed the tiny holes left across the surface._
8. A light scattering of sand or stone chips spread over a surface that has just been tarred.
   - Simple: A light sprinkling of sand or small stones laid over a freshly tarred road.
   - _The roadmen laid a blinding of chips as soon as the tar was poured._
   - _A fine blinding covered the sticky surface before any cars drove over it._

## Adverb

6. To an extreme degree; extremely. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: Very much, or to a very great degree.
   - _The new engine is blinding quick off the line._
   - _By then it was blinding clear that the plan had failed._

## Origin

Formed within English from "blind" plus the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/blinding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).