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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By morning, the ache had metastasized into a blinding migraine.
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Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
The establishing scenes of Islands feel like something out of a James M. Cain novel — a wily noir, in this case drenched in subtropical heat and blinding sunshine.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
When a team makes it to the Super Bowl, the spotlight put on the teams becomes almost blinding.
—The Kansas City Star and, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
On our final turn, pine forests gave way to an almost blinding blanket of white.
—Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2025
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Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
The establishing scenes of Islands feel like something out of a James M. Cain novel — a wily noir, in this case drenched in subtropical heat and blinding sunshine.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
When a team makes it to the Super Bowl, the spotlight put on the teams becomes almost blinding.
—The Kansas City Star and, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
On our final turn, pine forests gave way to an almost blinding blanket of white.
—Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinding. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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