blinding
blinding Lexical Profile
blinding Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Shining so brightly as to make it difficult or impossible to see; causing temporary or permanent loss of vision.
"The driver had to pull over because of the blinding glare from the oncoming headlights."
Extremely intense, severe, or overwhelming in degree, speed, or clarity.
"She had to rest in a dark room to recover from a blinding headache."
• noun
In scientific research and clinical trials, the practice of concealing the allocation of treatments from participants, investigators, or assessors to prevent bias.
"Proper blinding was maintained throughout the clinical trial so neither the patients nor the doctors knew who received the placebo."
The act of depriving someone of eyesight, or the state of being made unable to see.
"The ancient myth recounts the hero's clever escape and the blinding of the giant Cyclops."
British In construction and civil engineering, a thin layer of weak concrete, sand, or fine gravel laid over a rough sub-base to create a level, clean surface before pouring structural concrete.
"The builders spread a fifty-millimeter layer of sand blinding over the hardcore before laying the damp-proof membrane."
• Rhymes for blinding
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Old English verb 'blindian' (to make blind), from the Proto-Germanic root '*blindaz', combined with the participial and gerundial suffix '-ing'.