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blinded

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verb

past tense of blind
as in dazed
to overpower with light the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinded
Verb
  • However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The racing veteran isn't blind to the negative sides of social media.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The Government’s Course Correction The Chinese government has not been blind to these inefficiencies.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The total solar eclipse dazzled New Hampshire's North Country.
    Natalie Escobar, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Meryl Streep dazzled in Valentino, Michelle Yeoh rocked Bottega Veneta with new bangs, Emily in Paris‘ Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu sashayed in sculptural Schiaparelli.
    Alison Edmond, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • That's why a woman online, bad at gift-wrapping, asked her wife to wrap her own gifts—but blindfolded.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Highlighting what's new this year Backseat driver competition: A team of two in a golf cart with blindfolded driver and the partner giving directions through a course at the motorsports arena.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • By hooking up the brains of blind rats to compasses, scientists in Japan found the sightless rodents could navigate a maze nearly as well as normally sighted rats.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2015
  • That makes for quick, sightless control of both radio volume and climate temperature.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Blinded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinded. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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