blinded 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of blindednext
as in unsighted

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blinded

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verb

past tense of blind
as in dazed
to overpower with light the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinded
  1. stunned
  2. blind
  3. dazzled
  4. blindfolded
  5. sightless
Verb
  • Time ran out, and Bears players stood in the middle of the field stunned.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The reality is that the region is stunned by what happened.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of stunned
Adjective
  • Down in the garden, dead cornstalks made a pleasant rattling sound in the cold wind, for all the world like the dry rushes of a duck blind rustling in the darkness of an overcast November morning.
    Wilson H. Stover, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
  • That might explain why the Portland-via-Fort Lauderdale post-hardcore band performs with such extemporaneous vigor on Deep Sage, thrashing and flailing in a release of anger that trades blind rage for determined revenge.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of blind
Verb
  • For spectators, total solar eclipses – such as the one that dazzled millions in April across North America – represent moments to be awed by the majesty of our solar system.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The heavenly host is dazzled by the blinding golden light emanating from God.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of dazzled
Adjective
  • Weeks later, a video clip of him emerged, blindfolded and disheveled, held at gunpoint by unknown men.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • In the video, he was blindfolded, surrounded by armed men and being led away by his apparent captors on a rocky hillside.
    Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of blindfolded
Adjective
  • That makes for quick, sightless control of both radio volume and climate temperature.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Our new unlucky heroine is terminally ill writer Sam (Lupita Nyong’o), out of the hospital on a day trip to the city when sightless monsters begin falling from the sky.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Definition of sightless
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