blinding

adjective

blind·​ing ˈblīn-diŋ 

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

Examples of blinding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2000, the beauty giant debuted its selection of perfectly shimmery lip products, which to this day deliver a blinding glow, a (literally) yummy formula and hydration that lasts up to four hours. —Michelle Lee, People.com, 20 May 2025

Image Image In a blinding flash, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay killed at least 70,000 people. —William J. Broad, New York Times, 19 May 2025

Still, some options will also include a red light setting, which produces less of a blinding effect for others, and strobe effects for emergency signaling. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 May 2025

The spherical object reportedly then burst into a blinding bright light. —Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blinding

• binding
• finding
• grinding
• minding
• winding
• bookbinding
• factfinding
• nonbinding
• rebinding
• regrinding
• reminding
• rewinding