All blinding synonyms
blindΒ·ing
B b verb blinding
- falsify β to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- screen β a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- adumbrate β to outline; give a faint indication of
- shadow β a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- gray β of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- overcast β overspread or covered with clouds; cloudy: an overcast day.
- stonewall β to engage in stonewalling.
- block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- overcloud β to overspread with or as if with clouds: a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
- obstruct β to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- seclude β to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- umbrage β offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.
- guard β to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- fend β to ward off (often followed by off): to fend off blows.
- defend β If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
- cache β A cache is a quantity of things such as weapons that have been hidden.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- shelter β something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- safeguard β something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- bury β To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth.
- bulwark β A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it.
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- stash β to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed by away): The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.
- shutter β a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- secrete β a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- blind β Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
- dazzle β If someone or something dazzles you, you are extremely impressed by their skill, qualities, or beauty.
- dumbfound β to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- bewilder β If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- overwhelm β to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- stun β to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc.: The blow to his jaw stunned him for a moment.
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- astound β If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it.
- stagger β to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- daze β If someone is in a daze, they are feeling confused and unable to think clearly, often because they have had a shock or surprise.
- bedim β to make dim or obscure
- shade β the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- blear β to make (eyes or sight) dim with or as if with tears; blur
- mask β a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
- glare β a bright, smooth surface, as of ice.
- becloud β to cover or obscure with a cloud
- befog β to surround with fog
- benumb β to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold
- rock β rock the boat, Informal. to disrupt the smooth functioning or routine of something: Don't rock the boat by demanding special treatment from management.
- overpower β to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.