blinding

blinding

blinding

1. Present participle of blind.

blinding (plural blindings)

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

blinding (comparative more blinding, superlative most blinding)

1. Very bright (as if to cause blindness).

blinding (comparative more blinding, superlative most blinding)

1. (neologism) To an extreme degree; blindingly.
   • 1983, Régis Debray, Critique of Political Reason, page 6:

     certain details of scientifically realized socialism became blinding obvious

   • 1997, Steven Barnes, Blood Brothers, page 190:

     He made the basket on his second attempt, after an exchange of moves so blinding fast that Derek could barely distinguish them.

   • 2003, Sally Prue, The Devils Toenail, page 139:

     I was in a nightmare, and everything was blinding bright, inky black, blinding bright; and fading, and fading

   • 2005 Feb 8, “The greatest show on earth”, Guardian Unlimited:

     Its the blinding obvious fact that American football is the real-life equivalent of Quidditch. Or maybe Fireball - the game invented by Joey and Chandler

   • 2006 Nov 28, “Converged networks lack adequate business tools”, Inquirer:

     WHILST ITS blinding obvious that converged networks are the way to go, its also apparent that C21 [21st Century] networks wont get rapidly rolled out

   • 2007 May 24, “US Note Yields Near 4-Month High Before Durable Goods Report”, Bloomberg:

     Roger Yates, chief executive officer of Henderson Group Plc in London, which oversees about $125 billion said Greenspans remarks were ""blinding obvious"".

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Altri significati:

very bright

Present participle of blind.

The act of causing blindness

A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface

Very bright (as if to cause blindness).

(neologism) To an extreme degree; blindingly.

A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface

Causing blindness.

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