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

Those risks are elevated if the maps aren’t paired with a close look at the terrain one is actually traveling through – something that could happen during the blinding snow of an intense blizzard. —Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026

What better way for Pickford to help see Everton home at St James’ Park on Saturday, then, than by pulling a blinding reaction out of the bag (above)? —Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026

And yet, even more blinding than the medal around her neck was the stark blond and brunette stripes in her hair. —Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 20 Feb. 2026

Flash-bang grenades, or stun grenades, are designed to disorient through a combination of deafening noise, blinding light, heat, fragmentation and pressure. —Michele Heisler, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026

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