blinding

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of blind

Adj

1. Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
2. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.
3. (UK, slang) Brilliant; marvellous.

Adv

To an extreme degree; blindingly.

Noun

1. The act of causing blindness.
2. A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
3. A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.

Synonyms

dazzling

glaring

glary

blazing

fulgent

masking

deafening

incandescent

jamming

plugging

radiant

resplendent

scintillating

set-off

shocking

shrill

stopping up

stunning

bott

flamy

allocation concealment

blind plug

plugging-up

blind tooling

blanking

water interception

blockage

blocking

choking

clog

clogging

Translations

blendend

aveuglant

deslumbrante

cegador

éblouissant

grell

Blendung

Verwirrung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈblaɪndɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, blind + -ing.