snow-blinded

8.2

Unable to see for a short time because bright light from snow hurts your eyes

adjective

: cegado por la nieve

After hours of skiing without goggles, he became snow-blinded and had to rest indoors.

Examples

The team struggled across the glacier, several members snow-blinded by the intense sunlight.
He was snow-blinded by the bright sunlight reflecting off the snow.
Climbers are warned to protect their eyes to avoid becoming snow-blinded during the ascent.
I felt snow-blinded after skiing all day.
Climbers are warned to protect their eyes to avoid becoming snow-blinded during the ascent.
After hours of skiing without goggles, he became snow-blinded and had to rest indoors.
He was snow-blinded by the bright sunlight reflecting off the snow.

Synonyms

snow-blind

vssnow-blinded

8.1

Unable to see for a short time because bright light from snow bounces into your eyes

is the same but uses an -ed adjective form

Antonyms

clear-sighted

4.7

A person or animal that can see clearly, even far away

How Blind

blinded

3.4

snow-blinded

8.2

dazzled

3.9

squinting

3.1

Surface Forms

snow-blinded positive

Morphology

snow-blinded = snowblind (transparent) = snow + blind + ed

Formed from the compound 'snowblind' (snow + blind) with the participial/adjectival suffix -ed; the meaning is directly inferable from the parts.

Etymology

The word snow-blinded is simply snow + blind, a clear picture: bright snow can make your eyes 'blind' for a short time. So, it means being 'unable to see temporarily' because bright light from snow or ice hurts your eyes.