blinding

English

Verb

blinding

1. Present participle of blind.

Adjective

blinding (comparative more blinding, superlative most blinding)

1. Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
2. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.

   blinding tears; blinding snow

3. (UK, slang) brilliant; marvellous

   How's it going?
   Blinding, mate.

Translations

very bright

• Bulgarian: заслепяващ (bg) (zaslepjavašt), ослепителен (bg) (oslepitelen)
• Finnish: sokaiseva (fi)

• Portuguese: cegante (pt)
• Russian: ослепляющий (ru) (oslepyaushshij)

Adverb

blinding (comparative more blinding, superlative most blinding)

1. (neologism) To an extreme degree; blindingly.
   • 1983, Régis Debray, Critique of Political Reason, page 6:

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

   • 1997, Steven Barnes, Blood Brothers, page 190:

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

   • 2003, Sally Prue, The Devil's Toenail, page 139:

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

   • 2005 Feb 8, “The greatest show on earth”, Guardian Unlimited:

     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

   • 2006 Nov 28, “Converged networks lack adequate business tools”, Inquirer:

     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

   • 2007 May 24, “US Note Yields Near 4-Month High Before Durable Goods Report”, Bloomberg:

     Roger Yates, chief executive officer of Henderson Group Plc in London, which oversees about $125 billion said Greenspan's remarks were "blinding obvious".

Translations

to an extreme degree

• Finnish: äärettömän (fi)

Noun

blinding (plural blindings)

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.

Translations

act of causing blindness

• Galician: cegamento (gl) m

• Portuguese: cegamento (pt) m