1
: causing or seeming to cause blindness : making sight difficult or impossible
a blinding light
a blinding snowstorm
a blinding headache [=an extremely painful headache]
2
: extremely or impressively fast
a runner with blinding speed
blindingly
adverb
a blindingly bright light
blindingly fast speed
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Hisense’s MicroLED display can hit a blinding peak brightness of 10,000 nits.
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Chris Welch, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
The sky’s all-encompassing blue reached down to the shimmering — almost blinding — white snow, flowing transparently into the stream of the footpath.
—Andriy Sodomora (tr. Sabrina Jaszi & Roman Ivashkiv), The Dial, 12 Dec. 2024
Rows and rows of poinsettias, thousands of them, spread across the concrete floors in a sea of crimson, the scent of damp soil and the blinding brightness of the blooms hitting my senses instantly.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
To say that all of them were financed with equity amounts to a blinding glimpse of the obvious.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Chris Welch, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
The sky’s all-encompassing blue reached down to the shimmering — almost blinding — white snow, flowing transparently into the stream of the footpath.
—Andriy Sodomora (tr. Sabrina Jaszi & Roman Ivashkiv), The Dial, 12 Dec. 2024
Rows and rows of poinsettias, thousands of them, spread across the concrete floors in a sea of crimson, the scent of damp soil and the blinding brightness of the blooms hitting my senses instantly.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
To say that all of them were financed with equity amounts to a blinding glimpse of the obvious.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinding. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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