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blindingblind‧ing /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/ adjective - The blinding glare of our headlights frightened the deer.
- The sun on the snow is blinding.
- There was a blinding flash and then a loud bang.
- It still burned with a harsh, blinding glare and through it she could see vague shapes, presumably the others.
- The driver pressed the switch fully down and the beam became of blinding intensity.
- The first bomb exploded with a blinding crack that swayed the truck on its springs.
- The hours expanded in deeper and deeper heat, until the air split and the rain was all but blinding.
- The shop assistant, staring idly through his shop-window, saw the school bus approaching its stop, through almost blinding rain.
- There ensued a blinding light and then blackness.
- With a blinding roar the creature reached out.
a bright light► bright shining strongly: · The sunshine was very bright.· the bright light of the torch ► strong very bright: · Photographs fade if they are exposed to strong sunlight. ► brilliant extremely bright, especially in a way that seems good: · The garden was full of brilliant autumn sunshine. ► dazzling a dazzling light is so bright that it hurts your eyes and you cannot look at it: · dazzling headlights· the dazzling reflection from the mirror ► blinding a blinding light is very bright and makes you unable to see for a short time after you have looked at it: · There was a sudden blinding light, followed by the sound of a huge explosion. ► harsh a harsh light is bright and unpleasant: · In the harsh light of the kitchen, she looked older than she was. ► good if the light is good in a place where you are working, it is bright enough for you to see what you are doing: · The light wasn’t good enough to read. extremely bright► brilliant extremely bright and strong, but also attractive and pleasant: · All of a sudden the stage was flooded with brilliant light.· A shaft of brilliant sunlight shone through the dusty attic window.· Suddenly, I looked up and saw a point of light that was more brilliant than any star I had ever seen. ► blinding a blinding light is so bright that you cannot see for a short time after you have looked into it : · There was a blinding flash and then a loud bang.· The sun on the snow is blinding.· The blinding glare of our headlights frightened the deer. ► dazzling a dazzling light is so bright that it hurts your eyes and makes it difficult for you to see: · We walked out of the cinema into dazzling sunshine.· The sun was so dazzling that it was impossible to even look at its reflection in the water. ► blazing extremely bright - use this about the sun, or about lights that you can see from a long way away: · The blazing lights of the casino shone out across the bay.· At twilight, the blazing orange sunset turned into a muted pink. ► blinding flash/light/glare etc the desert with its strange twisted plants and its blinding light ► blinding rain/snow/heat etc I struggled back to the hut through blinding rain. ► blinding flash Suddenly, I had a blinding flash of inspiration. ► brilliant/blinding flash a brilliant flash of light ► a throbbing/pounding/blinding headache (=a very bad headache)· He had a throbbing headache, behind his nose and his eyes. ► blinding/dazzling light (=extremely bright)· The white buildings reflected a blinding light. NOUN► flash· Full awareness and memory returned in a blinding flash.· In a blinding flash, everything fell into place.· We'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash.· She was aware of a blinding flash of pain as he mastered her, and groaned weakly.· But something was telling her it was no slip - and then, in a blinding flash, she knew! ► blinding headache- Perhaps he could plead a blinding headache, or an attack of tonsilitis?
► blinding realization/clarity/revelation etc- Because then it was that she knew, with blinding clarity, what had been there for some time now.
- It had come to him as a blinding revelation when he was but a small child.
1[usually before noun] so bright or strong that you cannot see properlyblinding flash/light/glare etc the desert with its strange twisted plants and its blinding lightblinding rain/snow/heat etc I struggled back to the hut through blinding rain.► see thesaurus at bright2blinding headache a very bad headache3 blinding realization/clarity/revelation etc a sudden realization, clear understanding, or new idea about something: It was then that she realised, with blinding clarity, that she loved him. Suddenly, I had a blinding flash of inspiration.4 British English spoken informal very good and enjoyable: It’s a blinding album. |