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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Spencer sees her from the window, somehow IMMEDIATELY recognizes his bundled-up wife in the blinding whiteness, then races through the cars and hops out the back.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
Don’t forget to highlight your cheeks and the tip of your nose with a blinding highlighter.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
On a recent Saturday, a group of rank-and-file Democrats, standing in the blinding midday sun on a football field in Tucson, Arizona, spoke about their frustrations with their party.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
At least three people have died as a powerful system of storms sweeps across the a wide swathe of the central and southern of the United States, with another three killed in vehicle crashes as blinding winds whipped through Texas and Oklahoma.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
Don’t forget to highlight your cheeks and the tip of your nose with a blinding highlighter.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
On a recent Saturday, a group of rank-and-file Democrats, standing in the blinding midday sun on a football field in Tucson, Arizona, spoke about their frustrations with their party.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
At least three people have died as a powerful system of storms sweeps across the a wide swathe of the central and southern of the United States, with another three killed in vehicle crashes as blinding winds whipped through Texas and Oklahoma.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinding. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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