blinden

B3L1I1N1D2E1N1

verb

To make or render blind.

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Meanings

verbblinden (third-person singular simple present blindens, present participle blindening, simple past and past participle blindened)

present singular third person blindens · participle present blindening · participle past blindened · past blindened

  1. raretransitiveTo make or render blind.

    She laughed at my attempt, and I got a pull of the ears for daring to blinden myself.

    2008, Olabisi Gwamna, Dancing with Shadows and Other Stories
    1 more example

    The race for success has blindened him, making him incapable to lucidly appraise his work and to judge it by higher and more exacting standards than those prevailing in local, more modest competitions.

    1986, Romanian Review, volume 40, numbers 1-6

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
darken

Origin

From blind + -en.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

blennid
Cite this entry
APA

blinden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blinden

MLA

“blinden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blinden. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blinden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blinden.

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